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| Task number | Rationale | Protocol setup |
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| 1 | Healthy subject monitoring at self-selected natural speed | Walking over a linear path, one healthy subject only, repeated tests, fixed step length at the natural anthropometric step length value, fixed total distance of a traveled path, and fixed total number of steps |
| 2 | Population of healthy subjects to be monitored at self-selected natural speed | Extension of task number 1 to a population of healthy subjects with different gender and BMI |
| 3 | Healthy subjects to be monitored at different walking speeds | Walking on a treadmill to evaluate the model when the subject is moving at different speeds |
| 4 | Monitoring of pathological subjects with asymmetrical gait at self-selected natural speed | Identification of stroke as target pathology and tests with a small population of subjects walking over a linear path |
| 5 | Validation with respect to gold standard technology | Comparison of simultaneous recordings using gold standard reference (optoelectronic gait analysis, video recording, and ground reaction forces with the Davis protocol) with healthy and poststroke patients |
| 6 | Implementation of automatic execution and reporting of functional clinical tests | Walking over a linear path, a population of healthy subjects with different gender and BMI, repeated tests, performing the 6MWT (six-minute walking test), the TUG (timed up and go), and the 10-meter and 50-meter walking test at normal or maximum self-selected speed |
| 7 | Extension of automatic execution and reporting of functional clinical tests to patients using specific aids | Extension of task number 6 to a small population of poststroke subjects with different gender and BMI and using walking aids (stick, quadripod stick, and walker) |
| 8 | Validation with respect to standard functional protocols | Extensive validation of task number 7 to a population of poststroke subjects with different gender, BMI, and walking aids |
| 9 | Automatic recognition of free gait | Walking from a linear path to a variable path |
| 10 | Analysis of running patterns (extension from walking to running) | Identification and analysis of the running pattern |
| 11 | Automatic recognition of free movements | Activity pattern recognition of categories of movement (gait, running, sit-to-stand, stairs, …) |
| 12 | Integration of metabolic indexes | Validation of energy expenditure |
| 13 | Application to large population | Extension of the method to different clusters of subjects |
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