Using Motion Capture Technology in the Instrumented Timed Up and Go Test to Detect the Risk of Falling in Aged AdultsXiaoping Cai *1,2, Hongyi Zhao *1,3, Xinjun Shan 4, Yonghua Huang 1, Fangyuan Wei 5
1Department of Neurology, The Seventh Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, 27th Department of Health Cadre, The Second Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, 3Department of Neurology, NO 984 Hospital of PLA, 4Department of Emergency, General Hospital of Baoding First Central Hospital, 5Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital
The instrumented Timed Up and Go (iTUG) test is gaining increasing attention in body sway and gait analysis with the development of new technologies. We present a protocol to analyze the subcomponents of the iTUG with motion capture.
