Video-based gait analysis of 3D silhouettes

肌肉骨骼疾病和失调是加拿大医生就诊的主要原因之一，在疾病、长期残疾和经济方面对社会产生重大影响。随着加拿大人口的老龄化，这些问题将在未来迅速增加。因此，需要新的生物医学技术来识别和诊断早期重大异常，以便更有效地治疗和更快地恢复患者。就此而言，步态分析已经显示出许多证据，证明了它在临床医疗实践中的潜力。在此背景下，本研究项目的总体长期愿景是从重建的3D身体轮廓的动力学中识别相关参数，用于活动识别。特别是，我们将在未来几年专注于临床和家庭的3D步态分析。

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.