Expertise: Gait Assessment

SAM3 Expertise Areas: Gait Assessment

Gait, walking speed, and other measures are an important measure of mobility. SAM3 researchers have explored numerous methods for the assessment of gait.

Gait Assessment

AI assisted video cameras
Accelerometers within hearing aids
Accelerometers on shoes
WiFi based assessment
Motion sensor based assessment
Ultra Wide Band

Laska, B., Goubran, R., Vukovic, B., Wallace, B., Ault, L., & Laghai, A. (2026). Enabling Independence: Assessing Activities of Daily Living to Inform Safety. Accessibility Institute, Carleton University.

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IEEE Video Tutorial: “The Supportive Smart Home: Solutions Enabling Independence – Ambient Sensing, Artificial Intelligence in Ethical Context“

W. Sloan, B. Wallace, R. Goubran, H. Sveistrup, “Improved Activity Recognition Through Fusion of Earable Pairs” at IEEE Medical Measurement and Applications Symposium (MeMeA 2025), 2025

W. Sloan, B. Wallace, R. Goubran, H. Sveistrup, “Cross-Body Transfer Learning for Human Activity Recognition” at 2025 IEEE International Instrumentation Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2025

W. Sloan; B. Wallace; R. Goubran; H. Sveistrup, “Use of head-mounted inertial sensors for mobility tasks: Protocol for a Scoping Review”, JMIR Research Protocols, 2025

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W. Sloan, B. Wallace, A. Pepe, H. Sveistrup, F. Knoefel, A. Fraser, M. Bromwich, “Feasibility for Clinical Physical Mobility Measurement using Hearing Aid Accelerometers” 2024 Sensor Applications Symposium (SAS), 2024

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W. Sloan, B. Wallace, A. Pepe, H. Sveistrup, F. Knoefel, A. Fraser, M. Bromwich, “Hearing aid accelerometry can be used for clinical assessment”, AGE-WELL AGM, 2023.

SAM3 Book “Supportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place” now available

Supportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place By: Frank Knoefel, Bruce Wallace, Neil Thomas, Heidi Sveistrup, Rafik Goubran, Christine L. Laurin Our book …

W. Sloan, B. Wallace, A. Pepe, H. Sveistrup, F. Knoefel, A. Fraser, M. Bromwich, “Hearing Aid Accelerometer Based Pedometry Assessment for Older Adults” 2023 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2023.

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Agarwal, A. “Methods for Gait Analysis in a Supportive Smart Home”, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Carleton University, 2022.

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Agarwal, A., Wallace, B., Goubran, R., Knoefel, F., Thomas, N., “Method to Improve Gait Speed Assessment for Low Frame Rate AI Enabled Visual Sensor” 2022 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2022

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Agarwal, A., Wallace, B., Goubran, R., Knoefel, F., Thomas, N., “Walking Gait Speed Measurement Using Privacy Respecting AI Enabled Visual Sensor”, 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2022.

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