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Fiber Bragg Gratings as E-Health Enablers
Maria F√°tima Domingues
Catia Leitao
Paulo André
Paulo Fernando Da Costa Antunes
Eduardo Rocon
Ayman Radwan
Carlos Marques
Nélia Alberto
Tiago Leite
其他書名
An Overview for Gait Analysis Applications
出版
2020
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=lEIj0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Nowadays, the fast advances in sensing technologies and ubiquitous wireless networking are reflected in medical practice. It provides new healthcare advantages under the scope of e-Health applications, enhancing life quality of citizens. The increase of life expectancy of current population comes with its challenges and growing health risks, which include locomotive problems. Such impairments and its rehabilitation require a close monitoring and continuous evaluation, which add financial burdens on an already overloaded healthcare system. Analysis of body movements and gait pattern can help in the rehabilitation of such problems. These monitoring systems should be noninvasive and comfortable, in order to not jeopardize the mobility and the day-to-day activities of citizens. The use of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) as e-Health enablers has presented itself as a new topic to be investigated, exploiting the FBGs,Äô advantages over its electronic counterparts. Although gait analysis has been widely assessed, the use of FBGs in biomechanics and rehabilitation is recent, with a wide field of applications. This chapter provides a review of the application of FBGs for gait analysis monitoring, namely its use in topics such as the monitoring of plantar pressure, angle, and torsion and its integration in rehabilitation exoskeletons and for prosthetic control.