Diagnosing changes in gait based on flexibility monitoring
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPaul R. Bastide, Jonathan Dunne, Liam S. Harpur, Robert Loredo
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for measuring and analyzing muscle flexibility to infer a change in gait. Muscle flexibility measurements are obtained using at least one sensor of a device attached to a body of a user. A flexibility quotient is calculated based on the obtained muscle flexibility measurements, user information, a type of activity, a workout duration and baseline data. A change in flexibility based on the calculated flexibility quotient and a baseline flexibility quotient is determined. A change in gait is inferred based on the determined change in flexibility and is reported to the user.
Claims20
A machine-implemented method for measuring and analyzing muscle flexibility to infer a change in gait, the method being performed by at least one computing device and comprising:
- obtaining muscle flexibility measurements using at least one sensor of a device attached to a body of a user;
- calculating a flexibility quotient based on the muscle flexibility measurements, user information, a type of activity, a workout duration and baseline data;
- determining a change in flexibility based on the calculated flexibility quotient and a baseline flexibility quotient;
- inferring the change in gait based on the determined change in flexibility;
- and
- reporting the inferred change in gait to the user.
A system for inferring a change in gait from a baseline, the system comprising:
- a device attached to a body of a user and having at least one sensor;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory connected to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform:
- obtaining muscle flexibility measurements using the at least one sensor;
- calculating a flexibility quotient based on the muscle flexibility measurements, user information, a type of activity, a workout duration and baseline data;
- determining a change in flexibility based on the calculated flexibility quotient and a baseline flexibility quotient;
- inferring the change in gait based on the determined change in flexibility;
- and
- reporting the inferred change in gait to the user.
A computer program product comprising at least one computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith for execution on at least one processor, the computer readable program code being configured to be executed by the at least one processor to perform:
- obtaining muscle flexibility measurements using at least one sensor of a device attached to a body of a user;
- calculating a flexibility quotient based on the muscle flexibility measurements, user information, a type of activity, a workout duration and baseline data;
- determining a change in flexibility based on the calculated flexibility quotient and a baseline flexibility quotient;
- inferring the change in gait based on the determined change in flexibility;
- and
- reporting the inferred change in gait to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.