A new kinematic sensor for human functional ability/disability classification

In this paper, a new kinematic sensor is presented, which performs the detection of incipient pathologies in human beings by means of the analysis of the sit-to-stand locomotion task. The sensor is based on the frequency analysis of acceleration measurements supplied by a homemade transducer and on the exploitation of some of the most effective classification strategies at this time. Results show the capability of distinguishing between pathological and non pathological subjects