Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (23): 3665-3669.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0190

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Reliability of BTS three-dimensional motion capture system in gait analysis

Guo Yong-liang, Feng Chong-rui, Zhang Xin-fei   

  1. Rehabilitation Training Center, Guangdong 999 Brain Hospital, Guangzhou 510510, Guangdong Province, China
  • Online:2018-08-18 Published:2018-08-18
  • About author:Guo Yong-liang, Rehabilitation Therapist, Rehabilitation Training Center, Guangdong 999 Brain Hospital, Guangzhou 510510, Guangdong Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Three-dimensional motion capture system plays an increasingly important role in determining the program of treatment and checking the outcome of therapy in clinic.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the reliability of temporal-spatial parameters and kinematic parameters taken by three-dimensional (3D) motion capture system (BTS Bioengineering, Milan, Italy).
METHODS: Totally 28 young volunteers were recruited for gait analysis with 3D motion capture system by two evaluators, A and B. The parameters which consisted of speed, step length, step width, cadence and the angle of the pelvis, the hip, the knee and the ankle at sagittal, horizontal, and coronal planes were recorded. Data were compared within the group evaluated by the same evaluator, and data were compared among groups evaluated by two evaluators. The reliability was analyzed using ICC. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Retest and interdetector reliability was poor in pelvic movement and ankle movement in the horizontal plane. The remaining parameters showed good correlation of the retest and interdetector reliability such as temporal-spatial and kinematic parameters, motion range at three planes, ankle sagittal, frontal planes within and between groups (ICC > 0.75). (2) Results indicate that the temporal-spatial and kinematic obtained from BTS 3D motion capture has clinically acceptable intertrial repeatability, except the movement of pelvis and ankle in the horizontal plane. It can be used in clinical research in mostly abnormal gait analysis.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:人工关节;骨植入物;脊柱骨折;内固定;数字化骨科;组织工程

Key words: Gait, Infrared Rays, Ankle Joint, Tissue Engineering

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