Research Article

Method for Wearable Kinematic Gait Analysis Using a Harmonic Oscillator Applied to the Center of Mass

Table 11

Reliability assessment grid.

ParameterReliability criteria
ExcellentGoodSufficientNot acceptable

Step length and distanceε% < 5%
(<1.56 m)
5% ≤ ε% < 10%
(1.56 ≤ ε% < 3.12 m)
10% ≤ ε% < 20%
(3.12 ≤ ε% < 1.8 m)
ε% ≥ 20%
(≥6.24 m)
Counting stepsε% < 2%
(<1 steps)
2% ≤ ε% < 4%
(1 ≤ ε% < 2 steps)
4% ≤ ε% < 6%
(2 ≤ ε% < 3 steps)
ε% ≥ 6%
(≥3 steps)
Timeε% < 4%
(<1.2 s)
4% ≤ ε% < 6%
(1.2 ≤ ε% < 1.8 s)
6% ≤ ε% < 8%
(1.8 ≤ ε% < 2.4 s)
ε% ≥ 8%
(≥2.4 s)