Has anyone tried using one of the apps for i-phones to collect biomechanical data?
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e.g. these kind of apps which use the gyro and accelerometer?
http://www.wavefrontlabs.com/Wavefront_Labs/Portfolio.html
http://www.dld-llc.com/Diffraction_Limited_Design_LLC/Vibration.html
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I got this app: http://www.dld-llc.com/Diffraction_Limited_Design_LLC/Vibration.html
This is ace (Dave Smith, if you got an i-phone, you got to get this!)
"The frequency data can be converted to velocity (touch integrate once) or displacement ( touch integrate again). The values reported are in mm/sec (in/sec) for velocity and mm (in) for displacement."
Just a shame you can't put it under your foot, but you can strap it your leg etc....I got projects coming out of my ears. And all for a couple of quid. Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
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I just use iCarpenter:
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Tibial acceleration during treadmill walking.... captured on my i-phone.Attached Files:
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I just got this:
http://www.wavefrontlabs.com/Wavefront_Labs/Sensor_Data.html
These apps appear to give potential for highly sophisticated movement analyses. The key is going to be in attaching the iphone to the segment of choice and to minimise movement error between the phone and the body segment, I thought about super-glue, but perhaps not.... any ideas? -
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My mrs uses a neoprene cuff around her arm when she uses her iphone for running etc. Would something like that do the trick? The phone doesn't move at all in the cuff. Might have potential source of error with the cuff moving relative to the body segment though? -
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Thanks for highlighting this Simon!
Do you have a iPhone 4?
Another option is using a iPod touch- the latest generation also has the gyroscope of the iPhone 4, and is lighter (and cheaper) -
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Just collected acceleration data using the vibration app. I-phone attached to distal tibia. Running shod (Nike Zoom Elite) versus barefoot treadmill running, running speed constant between trials. Sample frequency 50HZ , acquisition time 17.96 seconds. Here's the results:
SHOD:
RMS (root mean square) X =+ 0.721g
RMS Y = + 0.598g
RMS Z = +0.868g
RMS = +1.277g
BAREFOOT
RMS X= + 0.902
RMS Y= + 0.686
RMS Z= +0.865
RMS= +1.426g
3d axes of I-phone here:
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Simon
Hey that's really cool eh! Makes you wonder about the reliability of the data when pro accelerometer sets with software cost 100's to thousands. However making comparatives between 'normal' and pathological gate might be useful.
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simon
this is worth investigating
http://sportsbioengineering.com/accelerometer-applications.html
http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/ad...accelerometer&x=0&y=0&search_section=products
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Looks impressive. Doesn't say if/how the signal raw data is processed, like is it smoothed, filtered, windowed, and is/can biasing be removed. I don't know what a hamming window is do you? OK now I do - go here -
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361B-01/lvanlsconcepts/char_smoothing_windows/
Its a type of filtering window
Even cooler, it would be handy if you could also import external data and process and analyse it.
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http://www.dld-llc.com/Diffraction_Limited_Design_LLC/Vibration_Manual_Table_of_Contents.html
Although I actually think this app is better: http://www.wavefrontlabs.com/Wavefront_Labs/Sensor_Data.html
You have to import the data into a spreadsheet programme, e.g. excel to create charts and analyse; also their is no capacity to trigger data capture- but again the developers are open to suggestions.
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Been playing with this on my old Iphone (no gyro). Accel graph is a nice app, easy to use.
Simon, name your segment, I'll make you something to hold the phone to it. Software and electronics I'm not so hot. Hardware and such, I can do. Thin layer of Gel to adhere to the skin, moulded EVA to hold it vertical. Simples. -
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I'll get right on that. Shouldn't be beyond the wit of man. -
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Duly Noted. ;) You got a suit of armour on it as well. I'll take that into account too.
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Do bruins deficate in rural forested areas? -
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Which ever gives the lowest between day variation is the winner. -
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p.S. don't forget I need two: one for each leg, I've just procured a dummy iphone 4 to strap to the other leg to keep things balanced. -
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Been mulling / playing. Hit a snag.
The easiest and most secure way to simply attatch it is with a strip of theraband. However if the phone is not flat to the frontal plane, will it not cause a paralax error? For eg, my phone has the x axis pointing down the short side. If the device is in the frontal plane, this will not change during extension / flexion. However if the device is at 45 degrees then we see x change.
And if I Do hold it to the frontal plane (and I have a prototype which does this) what of the rotation of the leg? If I was trying to get sagittal plane data, the frontal plane rotation changes my readings!
Also, what postion do I place the leg in when aligning the device to the frontal plane. RSCP? NSCP? Based on the tibial tuberoscity?
I Wondered if one can manually calibrate the data. Ie, have the patient stand still for 10 seconds before walking and deduct the XYand Z value from the dynamic data (simulating a baseline).
Hmmm. Bit tricky this. I've made 3 rigs, all of which hold the device securely in place with little or no movement, but I don't know WHERE i am trying to hold it and relative to what. Or am I trying to calibrate my own base position?
Had another idea though. Strap the phone to the sole of the foot and use it to examine sub talar range and axis of motion (use a low pass filter). Thats crazy fun. Wonder if you could build a shoe with a segment in the sole for the phone. -
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Get an iphone 4 with a gyroscope so you know the rotations!
Might be worth checking the literature to see how this has been approached previously. Google: tibial acceleration
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You're probably best off just using a strip of theraband! Holds it very firmly.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...b1d7226a35c3b7154bdec4ab25185ace&searchtype=a
Might be worth looking at this, if you can get a full text, Rob. -
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Nobody seems too worried about the rotation of the accelerometer axes relative to the global co-ordinate systems in the published research I've read which has employed triaxial accelerometers... Perhaps someone more knowledgeable will comment. -
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Yeah, I think your right. Its eva so its pretty tough, but still.
In that case, Theraband is perfect. very snug, -
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Simon,
I have an iphone 4, where's the gyroscope, does it come with it or is it a separate app?
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Thanks Simon, sorry, I missed your ref to the link earlier! -
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Simon, at this stage I am just curious, but that's not to say I wouldn't like to get involved at a later stage. I'm very interested in the possibilities emerging with using both the iphone and ipad's apps -
I have not been able to read all the links that have been posted in this thread, but the idea of using data from this app for walking or running at 50 Hz really should be met with caution....with ground contact in running being only 0.2-0.3 seconds...this is only 12.5 data points, and to look at tibia acceleration when it will be at its highest will probably only involve 2-3 of these data points...to then start using this for velocity or displacement data will just not give usable informaion.
As a tool strapped to the back to measure overall body COM during jumping or walking possibly...but tibia accelerations at heel strike need a much higher recording speed...hence commercial products recording in the hundreds or thousands Hz ranges. -
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