A rehabilitation treadmill with software for providing real-time gait analysis and visual feedback

摘要

'This paper describes the design and development of a treadmill/force plate device and computer software capable of continuously quantifying information related to gait symmetry and displaying visual feedback of that information on a computermonitor placed in front of the subject. With this system, vertical forces under each limb can be analyzed in real time for multiple, successive gait strides. Three modes of visual feedback were developed to display gait symmetry information at a frequency of 100 Hz, and a variety of tests were performed to verify the accuracy of the force plate data and feedback software.