title: Motion measurement with high-speed video.
abstract: A new kinematic measurement system based on a high-speed video system, combined with a computer-assisted evaluation for the analysis of gait patterns, is described. The system allows both a reviewable visual assessment in slow motion (up to 1000 frames s-1 as well as automatic measurement of the kinematics of body segments. Specially developed software, which uses a pattern search algorithm and an additional subpixel correction, results in a deviation of less than 0.1% (without considering the lens nonlinearity). For most cases the recognition and tracking of temporarily concealed markers is also achieved. The results of the computer-assisted high-speed video analysis are being applied in rehabilitation programmes to increase the objectivity of standard movements, e.g. gait analysis of people with artificial limbs.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitationszentrum Weisser Hof, Labor für Ganganalyse, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holzreiter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kastner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009038:Motion; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D014741:Video Recording