This study introduces a novel gait analysis metric the WORM to assess walking stability in fallers and non-fallers using wearable sensors. WORM focuses on trunk motion during walking, particularly the ‘figure-of-eight’ pattern, which is indicative of pathological gait patterns associated with falls. Gait analysis of 16 fallers and 16 non-fallers showed significantly higher WORM scores in fallers. WORM demonstrates high discriminative performance for identifying fall risk, suggesting its potential for clinical evaluation and intervention.
Publication Link: https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12891-022-05211-1
