1/13/14
- Discussed project direction for the new semester
- IRB has not been approved
- Akram will email IRB board to see get an update
- Discussed protocol development for what trials we will have subjects preform
- What ways will we manipulate data?
- Lindsay will look at what variables to analyze once we capture data
- We will test on ourselves this week to see what type of data we can get
1/16/14
- Tested DELSYS with Lindsay as a subject
- Used 6 sensors and ran a few trials
- Walked for 60 seconds
- Treadmill 60 seconds
- Climbing stairs
- Issue we faced: EMG and accelerometer data is not synced to gather at the same time points
02/12/14
- Protocol has been decided
- We will be conducting a walking study
- Participants will walk for 150 seconds on level surface
- Normal walk
- Two trials each
- Other factors such as stairs and sitting will give us too much data to analyze for the short time we have
02/26/14
- Need to figure out what reason we are choosing sensor placement site
- Literature seems to favor sensors on torso
- Before conducting trials, we must ensure sensor placement is the same in all trials
- For analysis: Check moving averages
- There are hints that this project will likely focus more research based
03/05/14
- Sensor placement has been chosen
- Two sensors on torso, to match literature (matching the center of mass)
- Two sensors on lower leg to get good EMG data
03/11/14
- spring break meeting
- Discussed progress
- Patients are coming in tomorrow to run trials
- Lindsay has some preliminary code in MATLAB
03/12/14
- Testing with patients
- Two individuals
- Conducted two walking trials of 150 seconds each
- Preliminary data from MATLAB suggests data from accelerometer is good
- Akram will look at using ‘sptool’ command for EMG analysis
03/25/14
- More trials are to be conducted tomorrow
- It is very important that the sensors are placed securely on the skin to get good EMG data
- Variation in placement does not provide accurate readings.
03/27/14
- Code issues: counting steps between individuals
- Look at standard deviation between individuals (older and younger)
- Discussed possibly studying individuals susceptibility to falling
04/08/14
- Met with Dr. Alsamari to discuss the feasability of including a microprocessor
- With current time constraints, this will be a possible future direction for the project
04/15/14
- Poster presentation setup
- Discussed what specific values and data will be put on the poster
- Will work on specific parts individually and combine it all over the weekend
04/22/14
- Create the final presentation
- Separate slides evenly
- practice, practice, practice!
05/05/14
- Assemble the final report