Collection of normative data with a cluster and trunk marker model
Normvalues
At a glance
- Project leader : Christoph Bauer
- Deputy of project leader : Dr. Eveline Graf
- Project team : Nadine Häfliger, Carole Pauli, Bettina Sommer
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Internal
- Contact person : Christoph Bauer
Description
Movement analyses using stereophotogrammetry are commonly
conducted in order to assess pathologic or healthy movements under
different conditions. The plug-in gait marker set, used so far at
the movement laboratory at ZHAW, is depending on precise placement
of markers on specific anatomical landmarks. However, when, for
example, assistive medical devices such as exoskeletons are tested,
these landmarks may be obscured and the markers cannot be placed
appropriately and the validity of the measurement is decreased.
Therefore, a new cluster marker approach for the lower body was
developed to overcome these limitations. Furthermore, during a past
project, a new trunk marker model was developed and validated (Rast
et al. 2016).
For both marker sets (lower body and trunk), normative data is
necessary in order to classify movement data obtained through
studies.