A management system for managing a walk training apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a state detecting portion configured to detect a loaded state in which the user applies a load to the walk training apparatus during use of the walk training apparatus; an evaluation value calculating portion configured to calculate an evaluation value based on which the load applied to the walk training apparatus by the user is evaluated; and a timing determination portion configured to, in a case where the evaluation value is equal to or more than a threshold associated with the walk training apparatus, determine that a timing of maintenance of the walk training apparatus has come.

The present application relates to a smart knee joint for a human lower limb exoskeleton, a prosthesis, and an orthosis. The smart knee joint reproduces part or all of the biomechanics of the knee joint of the human body by using a motor driving unit and a controllable elastic energy storage unit based on a magnetorheological damper. The motor driving unit here can be replaced with a controllable damping unit. The smart knee joint is developed for helping amputees or patients with impaired mobility regain/repair natural gaits and also reduce their burden of walking. The motor drive unit operates in a generator mode and an actuator mode. Energy harvesting technologies are exploited to reduce the power consumption of the smart knee joint then to prolong the working time. In addition, the controllable elastic energy storage unit based on the magnetorheological damper can further reduce the energy consumption of the smart knee joint, and also simplify the control of the knee joint.

A method for facilitating a Parkinson's Disease (“PD”) assessment of a patient includes capturing first video of a patient performing first test movements while holding the mobile device; capturing second video of the patient performing second test movements while maintaining the mobile device on their person; capturing third video of the patient performing third test movements including standing and walking; capturing one or more IMU readings using an IMU of the mobile device; processing the first video, the second video, and the third video according to (i) a hand landmark model to generate one or more hand biomarkers, (ii) a face landmark model to generate one or more face biomarkers, and (iii) a body landmark model to generate one or more body biomarkers; and determining an assessment score based on a standardized PD assessment by processing the biomarkers.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for objectively determining a frailty score for a subject, the method comprising: deriving an attribute from sensor data including at least one of EMG data and motion data of the subject and obtained from at least one limb of the subject; quantitatively processing the attribute to determine how the subject is responding to the rehabilitation or exercises program; and objectively determining the frailty score based on the quantitative processing.

A method for providing a recommendation to an individual about an article of footwear includes receiving data about the individual from a sensor module associated with the individual during a first athletic activity engaged in by the individual, determining a first characteristic about the individual's gait based on the data related to the first athletic activity, providing a recommendation about a first article of footwear to the individual based on the first characteristic, receiving data about the individual from the sensor module associated with the individual during a second athletic activity engaged in by the individual, determining a second characteristic about the individual's gait based on the data related to the second athletic activity, comparing the first characteristic with the second characteristic, and providing a recommendation about a second article of footwear to the individual based on the comparison.

A method for stabilizing a gait of a user wearing a hearing device comprises: sensing an audio signal with a microphone of the hearing device; modifying the audio signal with the hearing device into a modified audio signal; sensing a movement signal of the user with a movement sensor of the hearing device; determining a step signal indicative of a timing of steps of the user and/or a sway signal of the user indicative of a sway of the user over time from the movement signal; predicting a future step signal from the step signal; triggering a cue signal depending on the future step signal and/or the future sway signal; generating an output cue to be output to the user, the output cue comprising an acoustic cue; and adding the acoustic cue to the audio signal or the modified audio signal at the timing of the cue signal.

A gait motion display system including: a triaxial accelerometer, attached to the subject, that measures acceleration data of a subject in walking; an imaging unit that takes images of the subject in walking to obtain moving image data showing gait motions of the subject; a recording unit that records the acceleration data and the moving image data in synchronization with each other; an identification unit that converts the acceleration data recorded by the recording unit into horizontal displacement data and vertical displacement data, and identifies, from the moving image data, a representative image corresponding to a representative motion in a gait cycle, based on the horizontal displacement data or the vertical displacement data; and a display that displays an image illustration of the representative motion in the gait cycle, with the representative image identified by the identification unit.

A sensor apparatus for footwear includes at least one pair of light sources and at least one pair of light receivers, each light receiver being positioned and configured to receive light emitted from a respective one of the light sources. A pair of movable curtains functions to adjust the amount of light received by the pair of light receivers. The curtains are movable conjointly such that the amount of light received by one of the light receivers is inversely proportional to the amount of light received by the other light receiver. (FIG. 1B).

A system for ambient mobility testing including: at least one sensor configured to collect data associated with an individual's movement; an analysis module configured to analyze the collected data to determine a set of timed-up-and-go (TUG) actions of a TUG test and determine results of a complete TUG test; and a reporting module configured to provide the results of the TUG test. A method for ambient mobility testing, the method including: collecting data associated with an individual's movement, via at least one sensor; analyzing the collected data to determine timed-up-and-go (TUG) actions of a TUG test; determining results of a complete TUG test; and providing the results of the TUG test.

An torque pattern adjustment apparatus including a display configured to display a first torque pattern corresponding to a gait cycle, and a generator configured to generate a second torque pattern by adjusting at least a portion of the first torque pattern in response to a reception of an input, and a torque pattern adjustment method using the same may be provided. The first torque pattern may be applied to a joint of a user.