Head and Body Movement Monitor of Human Postural Sway

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议显示的可行性， 开发一种可穿戴设备， 轻便的运动传感器包直接对受试者。可穿戴传感器 包将包含一个2轴微芯片线性加速度计和2 通过电缆连接到控制电路的单轴转速传感器 装在腰包里该设备将提供关于倾斜角度、线性 加速度和绕横滚轴和俯仰轴的旋转速度 同步微控制器将控制数据采集， 预处理和上传数据到笔记本电脑。10名正常受试者 将使用器械进行测试，同时执行通常 用于平衡评估。佩戴申报器械的受试者将 同时监测力中心摇摆变化， 在计算机化动态姿势描记系统（CDP）上使用协议。 传感器包的定量结果将与CDP摇摆进行比较 测量.在笔记本电脑上运行的基于Windows的软件将 其被编写为向设备提供菜单驱动的图形用户界面。我们 未来的目标是生产一种易于使用的商业产品， 用于评估姿势摇摆的定量信息。这款产品预计 为平衡评估和训练提供新的、准确的有用信息 用于前庭缺陷患者和老年人的跌倒预防。 拟定商业应用： 该研究将提供一种低成本的方法来监测姿态摇摆与微芯片传感器和数字信号处理。这将具有广泛的商业吸引力的临床医生有兴趣在确定患者的风险福尔斯，并比较模式的姿势摇摆的诊断和治疗平衡障碍。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): We propose to show feasibility of developing a wearable device to monitor human postural sway by attaching lightweight movement sensor packages directly to subjects. The wearable sensor package will contain one 2-axis microchip linear accelerometer and 2 single-axis rotational velocity sensors connected by cable to control circuitry in a belt pack. The device will provide independent data on tilt angle, linear acceleration, and rotational velocities about roll and pitch axes simultaneously. The microcontroller will control data acquisition, preprocessing and uploading of data to a notebook computer. Ten normal subjects will be tested with the device while performing a protocol that is commonly used for balance assessment. Subjects wearing the proposed device will be simultaneously monitored for center-of-force sway variations with a commonly used protocol on a computerized dynamic posturography system (CDP). Quantitative results from the sensor package will be compared with the CDP sway measurements. Windows-based software running on a notebook computer will be written to provide a menu-driven graphical user interface to the device. Our future goal is to produce an easy-to-use commercial product that provides quantitative information for assessing postural sway. This product is expected to provide new, accurate information for balance assessment and training useful for vestibular-deficient patients and falls-prevention in the elderly. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The research will provide a low cost method to monitor postural sway with microchip sensors and digital signal processing. This will have wide commercial appeal for clinicians interested in identifying patients at risk for falls, and comparing patterns of postural sway in the diagnosis and treatment of balance disorders.