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A device comprised of at least a pair of accelerometers and a tilt sensor mounted in fixed relation to a datum defining plane (sole of a shoe) maybe used for extracting kinematic variables including linear and rotational acceleration, velocity and position. These variables may be resolved into a sel

A device comprised of at least a pair of accelerometers and a tilt sensor mounted in fixed relation to a datum defining plane (sole of a shoe) maybe used for extracting kinematic variables including linear and rotational acceleration, velocity and position. These variables may be resolved into a selected direction thereby permitting both relative and absolute kinematic quantities to be determined. The acceleration is determined using a small cluster of two mutually perpendicular accelerometers mounted on a shoe. Angular orientation of the foot may be determined by double integration of the foot's angular acceleration (which requires a third accelerometer substantially parallel to one of the two orthogonal accelerometers). The two orthogonal accelerations are then resolved into a net horizontal acceleration or other selected direction which may be integrated to find the foot velocity in the selected direction. The average of the foot velocity corresponds to the subject's gait speed.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A method of determining gait kinematics in each of a plurality of strides comprising during each said stride defining a fresh datum plane, determining angles between a pair of mutually perpendicular accelerometers to said datum plane, said pair of mutually perpendicular acceleromete

[ I claim:] [1.] A method of determining gait kinematics in each of a plurality of strides comprising during each said stride defining a fresh datum plane, determining angles between a pair of mutually perpendicular accelerometers to said datum plane, said pair of mutually perpendicular accelerometers adapted to measure acceleration in two mutually perpendicular directions in a plane of motion substantially perpendicular to said datum plane, measuring acceleration in said plane of motion in said two directions and converting said accelerations to provide acceleration in a selected direction for each said stride.