Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to develop a prototype gait training device that can perform gait assessment by incorporating a LIDAR device, a device that uses laser for measuring a distance. In this developed gait training device, the LIDAR device will collect the data and then will use these data to calculate gait parameters, such as step length, stride length, cadence and gait velocity. The benefit of this developed system is that it does not need a frequent calibration and does not require any markers to be attached on user's body during gait training. In this study, the performance of this system in collecting gait data is being validated by comparing with a clinical motion capture system. From the testing results, the percentage error in gait parameter evaluation is less than 10% which can be concluded that there is a possibility in using the developed system based on LIDAR device for collecting gait parameters with sufficient accuracy. This developed gait training system will be useful for telerehabilitation.