Setting up Simple 2D Gait analysis
Marker Placement
- Proximal end of 5th Metatarsal
- Centre on back of Calcaneus
- Lateral malleolus
- Medial malleolus
- Lateral epicondyle
- Patella (aligning the top of the marker with the superior border of the patella)
- Greater Trochanter
- ASIS
- PSIS
For more detailed analysis add the following markers
- C7
- Medial border of spine of scapula
- Lateral border of spine of scapula
- Inferior angle of scapula
- Lateral epicondyle of the elbow
- Acromion (most lateral point)
- Ulnar prominence of wrist
Body Markers
Floor Mark Up
- Mark up a 1m x 1m diamond
- Allow a walkway of ~10m with the diamond located centrally
Camera setup
- Camera 1 to be placed 5m from diamond to film the frontal perspective
- Camera 2 to be placed at least 3m from the centre of the diamond will film the sagittal perspective.
- Each camera
- positioned at a height level to the pelvis of the child
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Positioning
Gait analysis software
There are
http://www.innovision-systems.com/Downloads/SpecSheets/MaxTRAQ.pdf
http://www.innovision-systems.com/Products/MaxTraq2D.html