For the Gait Analysis project, we were tasked to compare people's walk and develop a model using different components to estimate the way people are likely to walk. We compared height to stride length. We found data from multiple subjects and used excel to create a formula to estimate stride length based on height. While our results found that our model was accurate, we did not have many subjects. This means our pool of data was limited, which lessens our accuracy.
Below we created a report to explain our project as well as a presentation to use for class. The presentation will give a more broad overview while the report is more detailed.
Below we created a report to explain our project as well as a presentation to use for class. The presentation will give a more broad overview while the report is more detailed.
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Content:
Gait: A gait is a person's manner of walking. We took the stride length part of gait and height to create our model.
Acceleration: Rate of change of velocity. We used a phone app to measure acceleration and then created graphs to compare our subjects data.
Absolute Acceleration: Absolute accelerated velocity over accelerated time.
Accelerometer: A device that detects acceleration and tilt. We used the accelerometer in our app measuring.
X Direction: Lateral axis measuring movement from right to left.
Y Direction: Vertical axis measuring movement up and down.
Z Direction: Axis measuring movement forwards and backwards.
Velocity: The speed of something that is going in one direction. How fast our subjects walked.
Frequency: The rate at which something occurs over a particular period of time.
Period: The interval of time between successive occurrences of the same state in an oscillatory or cyclic phenomenon. We used frequency to measure steps.
Reflection:
The Gait Analysis project was a useful project in figuring out how we should be computing data, the important components to comparing data, and the basics of programs like excel. Two things we did well would be communication and time management. Because I was working on the OP-51 during the majority of this project, it would make sense that I wouldn't know what's happening with the project. However, my team kept me in the loop and involved. We also had good time management, using our GANNT chart to track our deadlines. Two things we need to improve on are work ethic and my own ability to be working on the project. Overall, I think the work ethic was a little low because of the many things going on during senior year. College apps were sometimes distracting. It was also more difficult for me to be as involved because I had to work on the OP-51. I feel the OP-51 limited my learning for this project because it took up most of my time.
Gait: A gait is a person's manner of walking. We took the stride length part of gait and height to create our model.
Acceleration: Rate of change of velocity. We used a phone app to measure acceleration and then created graphs to compare our subjects data.
Absolute Acceleration: Absolute accelerated velocity over accelerated time.
Accelerometer: A device that detects acceleration and tilt. We used the accelerometer in our app measuring.
X Direction: Lateral axis measuring movement from right to left.
Y Direction: Vertical axis measuring movement up and down.
Z Direction: Axis measuring movement forwards and backwards.
Velocity: The speed of something that is going in one direction. How fast our subjects walked.
Frequency: The rate at which something occurs over a particular period of time.
Period: The interval of time between successive occurrences of the same state in an oscillatory or cyclic phenomenon. We used frequency to measure steps.
Reflection:
The Gait Analysis project was a useful project in figuring out how we should be computing data, the important components to comparing data, and the basics of programs like excel. Two things we did well would be communication and time management. Because I was working on the OP-51 during the majority of this project, it would make sense that I wouldn't know what's happening with the project. However, my team kept me in the loop and involved. We also had good time management, using our GANNT chart to track our deadlines. Two things we need to improve on are work ethic and my own ability to be working on the project. Overall, I think the work ethic was a little low because of the many things going on during senior year. College apps were sometimes distracting. It was also more difficult for me to be as involved because I had to work on the OP-51. I feel the OP-51 limited my learning for this project because it took up most of my time.