Development and Preliminary Testing of a System for the Multimodal Analysis of Gait Training in a Virtual Reality Environment

Gait training in a virtual reality (VR) environment is promising for children affected by different disorders. However, the efficacy of VR therapy is still under debate, and more research is needed to clarify its effects on clinical conditions. The combination of VR with neuroimaging methods, such a...

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Autores principales:	Caterina Piazza, Ileana Pirovano, Alfonso Mastropietro, Chiara Genova, Chiara Gagliardi, Anna Carla Turconi, Giorgia Malerba, Daniele Panzeri, Cristina Maghini, Gianluigi Reni, Giovanna Rizzo, Emilia Biffi
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	virtual reality gait rehabilitation gait analysis EEG multimodal acquisition Electronics TK7800-8360
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0f2241994cf5431b9a67e10ed55a1c442021-11-25T17:25:10ZDevelopment and Preliminary Testing of a System for the Multimodal Analysis of Gait Training in a Virtual Reality Environment10.3390/electronics102228382079-9292https://doaj.org/article/0f2241994cf5431b9a67e10ed55a1c442021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/22/2838https://doaj.org/toc/2079-9292Gait training in a virtual reality (VR) environment is promising for children affected by different disorders. However, the efficacy of VR therapy is still under debate, and more research is needed to clarify its effects on clinical conditions. The combination of VR with neuroimaging methods, such as the electroencephalography (EEG), might help in answering this need. The aim of the present work was to set up and test a system for the multimodal analysis of the gait pattern during VR gait training of pediatric populations by analyzing the EEG correlates as well as the kinematic and kinetic parameters of the gait. An EEG system was integrated with the Gait Real-time Analysis Interactive Lab (GRAIL). We developed and validated, with healthy adults (n = 5) and children (n = 4, healthy or affected by cerebral palsy (CP)), the hardware and software integration of the two systems, which allowed the synchronization of the acquired signals and a reliable identification of the initial contact (IC) of each gait cycle, showing good sensitivity and critical success index values. Moreover, we tested the multimodal acquisition by successfully analyzing EEG data and kinematic and kinetic parameters of one healthy child and one child with CP. This system gives the possibility of monitoring the effect of the VR therapy and studying the neural correlates of gait.Caterina PiazzaIleana PirovanoAlfonso MastropietroChiara GenovaChiara GagliardiAnna Carla TurconiGiorgia MalerbaDaniele PanzeriCristina MaghiniGianluigi ReniGiovanna RizzoEmilia BiffiMDPI AGarticlevirtual realitygait rehabilitationgait analysisEEGmultimodal acquisitionElectronicsTK7800-8360ENElectronics, Vol 10, Iss 2838, p 2838 (2021)
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spellingShingle	virtual reality gait rehabilitation gait analysis EEG multimodal acquisition Electronics TK7800-8360 Caterina Piazza Ileana Pirovano Alfonso Mastropietro Chiara Genova Chiara Gagliardi Anna Carla Turconi Giorgia Malerba Daniele Panzeri Cristina Maghini Gianluigi Reni Giovanna Rizzo Emilia Biffi Development and Preliminary Testing of a System for the Multimodal Analysis of Gait Training in a Virtual Reality Environment
description	Gait training in a virtual reality (VR) environment is promising for children affected by different disorders. However, the efficacy of VR therapy is still under debate, and more research is needed to clarify its effects on clinical conditions. The combination of VR with neuroimaging methods, such as the electroencephalography (EEG), might help in answering this need. The aim of the present work was to set up and test a system for the multimodal analysis of the gait pattern during VR gait training of pediatric populations by analyzing the EEG correlates as well as the kinematic and kinetic parameters of the gait. An EEG system was integrated with the Gait Real-time Analysis Interactive Lab (GRAIL). We developed and validated, with healthy adults (n = 5) and children (n = 4, healthy or affected by cerebral palsy (CP)), the hardware and software integration of the two systems, which allowed the synchronization of the acquired signals and a reliable identification of the initial contact (IC) of each gait cycle, showing good sensitivity and critical success index values. Moreover, we tested the multimodal acquisition by successfully analyzing EEG data and kinematic and kinetic parameters of one healthy child and one child with CP. This system gives the possibility of monitoring the effect of the VR therapy and studying the neural correlates of gait.
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author	Caterina Piazza Ileana Pirovano Alfonso Mastropietro Chiara Genova Chiara Gagliardi Anna Carla Turconi Giorgia Malerba Daniele Panzeri Cristina Maghini Gianluigi Reni Giovanna Rizzo Emilia Biffi
author_facet	Caterina Piazza Ileana Pirovano Alfonso Mastropietro Chiara Genova Chiara Gagliardi Anna Carla Turconi Giorgia Malerba Daniele Panzeri Cristina Maghini Gianluigi Reni Giovanna Rizzo Emilia Biffi
author_sort	Caterina Piazza
title	Development and Preliminary Testing of a System for the Multimodal Analysis of Gait Training in a Virtual Reality Environment
title_short	Development and Preliminary Testing of a System for the Multimodal Analysis of Gait Training in a Virtual Reality Environment
title_full	Development and Preliminary Testing of a System for the Multimodal Analysis of Gait Training in a Virtual Reality Environment
title_fullStr	Development and Preliminary Testing of a System for the Multimodal Analysis of Gait Training in a Virtual Reality Environment
title_full_unstemmed	Development and Preliminary Testing of a System for the Multimodal Analysis of Gait Training in a Virtual Reality Environment
title_sort	development and preliminary testing of a system for the multimodal analysis of gait training in a virtual reality environment
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/0f2241994cf5431b9a67e10ed55a1c44
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Development and Preliminary Testing of a System for the Multimodal Analysis of Gait Training in a Virtual Reality Environment

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