
handle: 20.500.14243/514743 , 11583/3002439 , 2318/2086273
Gait is one of the most extensively studied motor tasks using motion capture systems, the gold standard for instrumental gait analysis. Various sensor-based solutions have been recently proposed to evaluate gait parameters, typically providing lower accuracy but greater flexibility. Validation procedures are crucial to assess the measurement accuracy of these solutions since residual errors may arise from environmental, methodological, or processing factors. This study aims to enhance validation by employing machine learning techniques to investigate the impact of such errors on the overall assessment of gait profiles. Two datasets of gait trials, collected from healthy and post-stroke subjects using a motion capture system and a 3D camera-based system, were considered. The estimated gait profiles include spatiotemporal, asymmetry, and body center of mass parameters to capture various normal and pathologic gait peculiarities. Machine learning models show the equivalence and the high level of agreement and concordance between the measurement systems in assessing gait profiles (accuracy: 98.7%). In addition, they demonstrate data interchangeability and integrability despite residual errors identified by traditional statistical metrics. These findings suggest that validation procedures can extend beyond strict measurement differences to comprehensively assess gait performance.
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