Suzuki, T;
Liu, IW;
Papadosifos, N;
Boampong, D;
Fung, PS;
Tyler, N;
(2020)
Assessment of Tripping Hazards by a Single Step Evaluated by Principal Component Analysis of Pedestrian Feet Movements and Eye Behaviours.
In: Henriques, J and Neves, N and de Carvalho, P, (eds.)
IFMBE Proceedings.
(pp. pp. 989-995).
Springer: Coimbra, Portugal.
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Abstract
The aims in this study was to investigate feet movements and eye behaviours of young and older people when stepping over a small single step up to 25 mm height while walking. In addition, this study investigated what factors in feet movements and eye behaviours can be used to show effectiveness of the preventive measures of tripping. Healthy 12 young and 5 older participants joined this study. A walkway (9.6 m length × 1.2 m width) with a single step chosen from 0, 10, and 25 mm in one of three positions 4.8, 6, and 7.2 m from the start line, was used for measurement of feet movements and eye behaviours in stepping over. Principal component analysis demonstrated to evaluate pedestrian capability of stepping over the single step and showed differences between young and older groups. First principal component might show different walking style, second principal component might show foot strategy of stepping over the single step, and third principal component might show that awareness of the single step. The awareness level of 25 mm step by older group was similar level of the awareness of 10 mm by young group, and older group was struggle to aware 10 mm step, compared with 0 mm case. These findings might be useful to consider how to improve outdoor and indoor environments as well as to assess how physical training, preventive measures, and assistive technologies to reduce the risk of tripping in stepping over the single step.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Assessment of Tripping Hazards by a Single Step Evaluated by Principal Component Analysis of Pedestrian Feet Movements and Eye Behaviours |
| Event: | MEDICON 2019: XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_121 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_121 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Tripping, Single step, Feet movements, Eye behaviours, Principal component analysis. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10091883 |
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