Kinect-Based Knee Osteoarthritis Gait Analysis System

Abstract

Measurement of the gait parameter typically requires a combination of force plate and motion tracking system, which restricts the calculated value to the laboratory environment. The possibility of a portable tracking system has been investigated in some recent studies, such as Microsoft Kinect sensors. The present research collaborated with Sibu Hospital and KPJ Sibu Specialist Hospital to collect the data from subjects. Concurrently, the law of cosine and dot cross product was used as primary measures to determine the scalar value of vector knee, ankle, and hip and the angle that formed by knee, ankle, and hip. The result generated by the proposed knee osteoarthritis severity diagnostics system is presented, specifically, demonstrate the analysis algorithm of various gait parameters system. In summary, Microsoft Kinect v2 sensor can be utilised in the present research to capture subject movement, and a knee osteoarthritis severity diagnostics system is proposed as clinically feasible options for gait analysis.