Wearable sensors for movement monitoring
Recent technological advances in microelectromechanical system technology have opened new possibilities in the domain of human movement analysis allowing to “follow” the subjects out of the laboratory and to monitor her/his mobility level in real-world conditions. Magneto-inertial measurement units (MIMU), supplemented by other wearable sensors, are showing a great potential for capacity and performance assessment, diagnosis and intervention planning, and educational purposes. This seminar aims at providing audience with a picture of the state of the art in the measurement and estimation methods for the description of human joint kinematics and spatio-temporal gait parameters using MIMU. It will also highlight how the methods validity depends on sensor modality, data fusion techniques, biomechanically derived features and validation techniques.
Andrea Cereatti - Biosketch
He has earned the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering cum laude (2002) and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering in 2006. He is currently Associate Professor at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy). His research interests focus on methods for high resolution joint kinematics estimation; wearable sensors for locomotor capacity and performance assessment, and innovative approaches for neuro-muscular rehabilitation. Prof. Cereatti served as board of directors of the Italian Society of Clinical Movement Analysis (2009-2013) and of the 3-D Analysis of Human Movement Technical Group of the ISB (2014-2018) and he is a member of GNB, the Italian national group of bioengineering. He co-authored more than 100 publications and inventors of two patents.