Gait Analysis of Lower Limb Surgical Patients
Research type
Research Study
Full title
3D and 2D Motion Capture Gait Analysis of Lower Limb Orthopaedic Patients
IRAS ID
136430
Contact name
Justin Cobb
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College London
Research summary
How to measure the benefit/outcome of an orthopaedic intervention is an often asked question, but at present researchers rely largely upon patient questionnaires, despite their inherent subjectivity.
Three-dimensional gait analysis offers an alternative - objective - measure of patient outcome following lower-limb surgery (i.e. pelvis, hip, knee, foot & ankle). We plan to use a simple (and by implication, time-efficient) protocol in a Gait Laboratory as an objective measure of operative outcome. And the data collected will be used to compare orthopaedic interventions e.g. different types of hip replacement.
A limitation of traditional Gait Laboratories is equipment cost, together with the large floor space required. Therefore in order for our findings to be of wider relevance we aim to develop a viable, low cost, compact alternative. With this in mind, the data acquired using formal three- dimensional gait analysis will be compared with a commercially available treadmill incorporating pressure sensors, and also with motion data from Microsoft's Xbox Kinect[TM] sensor, which acts like a video-camera to record limb positions as you walk.
REC name
South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/SC/1243
Date of REC Opinion
17 Oct 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion