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Mechatronic Pole System for Monitoring the Correctness of Nordic Walking
Marching with Nordic walking (NW) poles is a common form of physical activity. It is recommended in the treatment and rehabilitation of many diseases. NW’s wide range of applications in rehabilitation and its effectiveness are limited by the need for experienced physiotherapists to supervise patient...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10610925/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37896529 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23208436 |
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author | Wudarczyk, Sławomir Woźniewski, Marek Szpala, Agnieszka Winiarski, Sławomir Bałchanowski, Jacek |
author_facet | Wudarczyk, Sławomir Woźniewski, Marek Szpala, Agnieszka Winiarski, Sławomir Bałchanowski, Jacek |
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description | Marching with Nordic walking (NW) poles is a common form of physical activity. It is recommended in the treatment and rehabilitation of many diseases. NW’s wide range of applications in rehabilitation and its effectiveness are limited by the need for experienced physiotherapists to supervise patients during the training. A prerequisite for good rehabilitation results is correctly using the poles during walking. Essential parameters of NW include the angle of inclination of the pole, the force of the pole on the ground, and proper coordination of performed movements. The purpose of this paper is to present the design and operating principle of a mechatronic NW pole system for measuring and recording the gait parameters. The subject of the work was the assessment of the usefulness of the mechatronic NW pole system for phases identified during marching. The study was conducted in field conditions. The study’s main objective was to compare the obtained results from the developed system with those of a commercial system for measuring foot pressure distributions on the ground. The paper also presents sample results measuring walkers’ gait with NW poles in the field and the resulting gait phase analysis. |
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spelling | pubmed-106109252023-10-28 Mechatronic Pole System for Monitoring the Correctness of Nordic Walking Wudarczyk, Sławomir Woźniewski, Marek Szpala, Agnieszka Winiarski, Sławomir Bałchanowski, Jacek Sensors (Basel) Article Marching with Nordic walking (NW) poles is a common form of physical activity. It is recommended in the treatment and rehabilitation of many diseases. NW’s wide range of applications in rehabilitation and its effectiveness are limited by the need for experienced physiotherapists to supervise patients during the training. A prerequisite for good rehabilitation results is correctly using the poles during walking. Essential parameters of NW include the angle of inclination of the pole, the force of the pole on the ground, and proper coordination of performed movements. The purpose of this paper is to present the design and operating principle of a mechatronic NW pole system for measuring and recording the gait parameters. The subject of the work was the assessment of the usefulness of the mechatronic NW pole system for phases identified during marching. The study was conducted in field conditions. The study’s main objective was to compare the obtained results from the developed system with those of a commercial system for measuring foot pressure distributions on the ground. The paper also presents sample results measuring walkers’ gait with NW poles in the field and the resulting gait phase analysis. MDPI 2023-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10610925/ /pubmed/37896529 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23208436 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wudarczyk, Sławomir Woźniewski, Marek Szpala, Agnieszka Winiarski, Sławomir Bałchanowski, Jacek Mechatronic Pole System for Monitoring the Correctness of Nordic Walking |
title | Mechatronic Pole System for Monitoring the Correctness of Nordic Walking |
title_full | Mechatronic Pole System for Monitoring the Correctness of Nordic Walking |
title_fullStr | Mechatronic Pole System for Monitoring the Correctness of Nordic Walking |
title_full_unstemmed | Mechatronic Pole System for Monitoring the Correctness of Nordic Walking |
title_short | Mechatronic Pole System for Monitoring the Correctness of Nordic Walking |
title_sort | mechatronic pole system for monitoring the correctness of nordic walking |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10610925/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37896529 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23208436 |
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