Video-based gait analysis of 3D silhouettes

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Musculoskeletal diseases and disorders are one of the leading causes of physician visits in Canada and have a major impact on society in terms of illness, long-term disability and economics. As the Canadian population is aging, these problems will rapidly increase in the future. New biomedical technologies to identify and diagnose early significant abnormalities for more efficient treatment and a faster recovery of the patient are thus needed. For that matter, gait analysis has shown a lot of evidences demonstrating its potential for clinical medical practice. In this context, the general long-term vision of this program of research is to identify relevant parameters from the dynamics of reconstructed 3D body silhouettes for activity recognition. In particular, we will focus during the next years on 3D gait analysis in the clinic and at home.