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System and method for assessing postural sway and human motion

  • US 9,451,916 B2
  • Filed: 08/01/2012
  • Issued: 09/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of assessing a subject'"'"'s postural stability, wherein is provided a hand-held three-component accelerometer, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) providing the three-component accelerometer to the subject;

    (b) instructing the subject to clasp with a hand the three-component accelerometer against an upper torso of the subject;

    (c) instructing the subject to perform a task while the three-component accelerometer is so clasped;

    (d) continuously recording an output of said accelerometer during the subject'"'"'s performance of said task, thereby obtaining a plurality of three-component accelerometer measurements during the performance of said task;

    (e) determining from at least a portion of said plurality of three-component accelerometer measurements a JERK score indicium representative of the subject'"'"'s postural stability, wherein said JERK score is calculated according to the equation;

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