Abstract：Gait symmetry is one of the important characteristics of human gait. Objectively quantifying the gait symmetry is a hot issue that has attracted extensive attention in the field of gait analysis. This paper reviewed the objective quantitative evaluation methods of gait symmetry based on discrete quantitative analysis, continuous quantitative analysis and statistical quantitative analysis, which have been put forward successively in related research in the past 30 years. Wearable, networked, and intelligent have become the main technical characteristics of the symmetry of the current quantitative evaluation gait. Searching for new gait symmetry models, new gait symmetry quantitative indicators, and advanced quantitative gait symmetry technical measures are the key issues that need to be addressed in current related research and future development trends.
林英杰吴建宁, 林丽辉. 人体步态对称性量化评价方法研究进展[J]. 中国生物医学工程学报, 2019, 38(2): 222-232.
Lin Yingjie, Wu Jianning, Lin Lihui. Research Progress of the Quantitative Evaluation Methods in Human Gait Symmetry. Chinese Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2019, 38(2): 222-232.
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