Movement smoothness in chronic post-stroke individuals walking in an outdoor environment-A cross-sectional study using IMU sensors.
Flora do Vale GarciaMaira Jaqueline da CunhaClarissa Pedrini SchuchGiulia Palermo SchifinoGustavo BalbinotAline Souza PagnussatPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Individuals with a chronic stroke displayed reduced smoothness in the yaw and roll angular velocities while walking in an outdoor environment. The quantification of gait smoothness using the SPARC metric may represent an additional outcome in clinical assessments of gait in individuals with a chronic stroke.