Joint Angle Tracking with Inertial Sensors

McNames and his associates have developed an innovative new way of monitoring movement using small, wearable inertial sensors. Such a technology can be applied to a wide range of disciplines including training for sports, rehabilitation, computer animation and gaming, and health monitoring for stroke and movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor.

 

Most technologies to date require complex algorithms and a multitude of body worn sensors to continuously and accurately track joint angles. However, this method allows for direct and continuous estimating of joint angles using few, unobtrusive inertial sensors.