Inertial Gait Analysis Test Drive

Overview

This test-drive explores how Inertial Gait Analysis (IGA) can help prevent falls and detect the symptoms of early stage of potential geriatric diseases to assist physicians in diagnosis.

Lead

Shinshu University

Participant

Toyo Corporation

Use Cases Addressed

Elderly Sudden Fall Prevention
Early detection of Pre-Symptomatic Geriatric Diseases

Benefits

The immediate benefit is to prevent sudden falls for elderly people.
The walking posture and other physical anomalies detected from a patient can be correlated with some geriatric diseases and help setup criteria for early detection of the diseases.

Industries

Healthcare

Contacts:

Takao Futagami
Mizue Kayama