Quantifying Gait Disorders With Wearable Sensors

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Conditions studied: Gait Disorders

In brief

This is a single-centre, cross-sectional observational study with adjunctive procedure for the healthy voluteers at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele's Rehabilitation Department. Patients (n=50): use of inertial measurement units (IMU) and electromyographic (EMG) data routinely acquired during their standard clinical gait-rehabilitation sessions (no protocol changes; purely observational, data extracted from treatments). Healthy volunteers (n=50): age- and sex-matched volunteers who complete three 18 meters gait sessions with IMUs on trunk, thighs, shanks and feet and surface EMG on gluteus, quadriceps, hamstrings, tibialis anterior, and gastrocnemius. Healthy volunteers will be enrolled from hospital personnel, family members of the patients in visit at San Raffaele Hospital. Data \& Analysis: Kinematic (range of motion - ROM, step timing, walking speed) and EMG (activation amplitude/timing) parameters will be extracted. Between-group comparisons will employ t-tests/analysis of variance - ANOVA - (or non-parametric equivalents).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07473141

Run by

IRCCS San Raffaele

People needed

100

Starts

2026-03-02

Expected to finish

2028-01-08

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Hospitalized at the Department of Rehabilitation and Functional Recovery of IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele - Milan (during the hospitalization period)
• Ability to understand and sign informed consent
• ≥ 18 years ≤80 years
• Male and female
• Presence of clinically diagnosed gait impairments
• No skin conditions or allergies preventing sensor application

You may not qualify if…

• Cognitive impairment interfering with task comprehension
• Cardiorespiratory instability or other contraindications to walking assessment

Where it is running

• IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele — Milan, Italy, Italy (enrolling)

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