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. 2022 Jan 25;22(3):908. doi: 10.3390/s22030908

Table A3.

Formulas: Spatio-Temporal and Frequency Features.

Abbreviation Description Formulas: Spatio-Temporal and Frequency
Spatio-Temporal Features
Range Range (m/s2, rad/s) (Features: 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106)
maxxminx
STD Standard deviation (m/s2, rad/s) (Features: 2, 5, 9, 48, 51, 55, 94, 160, 162)
Σ(xtx¯)2N1
RMS Root mean square (m/s2, rad/s) (Features: 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 57, 59, 63, 65, 67, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107)
Σxt2N
Velocity Velocity per stride [41] (m/s) (Features: 8, 9, 54, 55)
v(t):a(t)dt+C1
Distance Distance per stride (m) (Features: 4, 5, 50, 51)
x(t):v(t)dt+C2
KMPH Kilometres per hour (km/h) (Features: 6, 52)
((ΣDisplacement30)/1000)
Cadence Number of steps per minute (Features: 7, 53)
numberofsteps2
Frequency features
FFT Fast Fourier Transform of acceleration [39]
Σt=0N1atei2πtkNk=0,...,N1
Dominant peak freq Dominant frequency in the signal indicating step or stride frequency (Hz) (Features: 22, 68, 108)
max(FFT)
Dominant peak width Width of the peak of the dominant frequency (HZ) (Features: 23, 69, 109, 115, 121) Distance between the left and right base of the dominant peak frequency.
Dominant peak slope Slope the dominant frequency (HZ) (Features: 24, 70, 110, 116, 122) Slope from the base to the top of the dominant frequency.
Dominant peak density Density of the peak of the dominant frequency Density from the base to the top of the dominant frequency
HR Harmonic ratio: Measure to quantify smoothness of walking (Features: 112, 118, 124) [54] Ratio of the sum of the amplitudes of the even harmonic to the sum of the amplitudes of the odd harmonics.
IH Index of harmonicity: Measure to quantify symmetry of walking (Features: 113,119,125) [55] Ratio of the aplitude of the dominant frequency to the sum of the first five superharmonics.

Abbreviations: x = Input; t = 1 observation; N = Total number of observations; a = Acceleration; AP = Anterior–posterior; ML = Medio-lateral; All code is available on Github: https://github.com/RichardFel/Reliability-of-Gait (accessed on 10 December 2021).