What is Gait analysis?
The study of a person's manner of walking.
procedure
The class downloaded an accelerator app that measures the X,Y, and Z dimensions of the phone. The next step was to tape the phone to our chest and walk a certain amount of feet to collect measurements of how we walk. After collecting two sets of tests we emailed ourselves the data and formatted the data to google sheets. Using this new formatted data, we created models and graphs to predict how old unknown subjects were by the data collected on how they walked.
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Reflection on gait analysis
The Gait analysis had quite a few more challenges than the previous assignment. There were a few constraints and missing connections that proved difficult when attempting to create a model. I discovered the different gait subjects by analyzing the values of acceleration within a step and standard deviation. Their were several constraints in collecting the data such as the differences of how people collected the data and if the subjects collected it correctly. Software constraints were creating an easier way to read the data rather than predicting numbers, perhaps the software could've added more numerical labels. The next time I set up for an experiment I need to know exactly what I need to do and what my team needs to do to collect the data correctly.