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Integrating multi-segmental foot kinematics and plantar pressure for gait analysis
This master thesis gives you the opportunity to become insight in working in a clinical environment. You will develop a link between patient specific foot kinematic data and plantar pressure data to implement this in the clinical gait analysis routine.
Plantar pressure measurements (pedobarography) and multi-segmental foot kinematics can be used in gait analysis to obtain insight into the biomechanics of the foot-floor interaction. Few studies have addressed the association between intersegmental kinematics and plantar loading within specific foot regions during gait.
At the Laboratory for Movement Analysis of the University of Basel Children’s Hospital we use both methods to gain inside into pathological foot biomechanics during gait. Currently a link is missing between plantar pressure data and data of patient specific foot kinematics. Interpretation of plantar pressure data alone is often difficult in pathological deformed feet. Thus, the main goal of this thesis is to develop a routine to link the information of both measurements and integrate it into our existing clinical and research methods.
Your task is to develop a link between plantar pressure and foot kinematic data. When you are familiarised with both measurement techniques, you develop a concept how both datasets can be linked together. After you programmed a routine, you test your concept in the gait laboratory and analyse the resulting data. You summarise your results in a written report (Master thesis) and present it to the laboratory group.
Working steps:
- Literature research on the topics pedobarography and foot kinematics in gait analysis
- Familiarisation with the measurement techniques
- Synchronise and link the plantar pressure and foot kinematic data by developing programming routines (preferably in MATLAB)
- Test the data analysis routine in the gait laboratory (retrospective data are available; a possibility for prospective data collection depending on time)
Skills:
- Some previous experience and basic programming skills, preferably with MATLAB
- Since there is a close working relationship to the ETH Biomechanics lab in Zürich, this would be an ideal project for an ETH student interested in biomechanics.
Plantar pressure measurements (pedobarography) and multi-segmental foot kinematics can be used in gait analysis to obtain insight into the biomechanics of the foot-floor interaction. Few studies have addressed the association between intersegmental kinematics and plantar loading within specific foot regions during gait.
At the Laboratory for Movement Analysis of the University of Basel Children’s Hospital we use both methods to gain inside into pathological foot biomechanics during gait. Currently a link is missing between plantar pressure data and data of patient specific foot kinematics. Interpretation of plantar pressure data alone is often difficult in pathological deformed feet. Thus, the main goal of this thesis is to develop a routine to link the information of both measurements and integrate it into our existing clinical and research methods.
Your task is to develop a link between plantar pressure and foot kinematic data. When you are familiarised with both measurement techniques, you develop a concept how both datasets can be linked together. After you programmed a routine, you test your concept in the gait laboratory and analyse the resulting data. You summarise your results in a written report (Master thesis) and present it to the laboratory group.
Working steps:
- Literature research on the topics pedobarography and foot kinematics in gait analysis - Familiarisation with the measurement techniques - Synchronise and link the plantar pressure and foot kinematic data by developing programming routines (preferably in MATLAB) - Test the data analysis routine in the gait laboratory (retrospective data are available; a possibility for prospective data collection depending on time)
Skills:
- Some previous experience and basic programming skills, preferably with MATLAB - Since there is a close working relationship to the ETH Biomechanics lab in Zürich, this would be an ideal project for an ETH student interested in biomechanics.
The main goal of this thesis is to develop a routine to link the information on foot kinematics and plantar pressure data to integrate it into our existing clinical and research methods.
The main goal of this thesis is to develop a routine to link the information on foot kinematics and plantar pressure data to integrate it into our existing clinical and research methods.
Please contact: Dr. Jacqueline Romkes (j.romkes@unibas.ch)
Please contact: Dr. Jacqueline Romkes (j.romkes@unibas.ch)