Nouvelles techniques de quantification de la marche applicables en pratique clinique

Numerous techniques for gait quantification are well known, but with cost, time and space requirements that limit their use to specialized laboratories. The development of new captors, based on progress in electronics and computer science, offers a growing number of solutions for routine use. Here, we focus on the functional mode of these captors, their field of application and their limitations. We show that while sensors are becoming increasingly well adapted, their use necessitates complex software and data processing for which industrial solutions are not yet fully satisfactory. We illustrate the presentation with the application of these technologies to the parkinsonian syndromes and strokes.