Patent ID: 9622686
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A63B

Claim:
1. A gait perturbation system comprising, in combination: a gait perturbation device configured to receive a person thereon, the gait perturbation device including: a data processing device operatively coupled to the one or more speed adjustment mechanisms, the data processing device configured to generate a first base velocity signal for controlling the speed of the one or more displaceable components during a time period beginning with a starting time and concluding with an ending time and generate a second velocity signal for introducing a perturbation to the one or more displaceable components during the time period beginning with the starting time and concluding with the ending time, the second velocity signal generated by the data processing device being in the form of a stochastic signal, the data processing device further configured to combine the first base velocity signal with the second stochastic velocity signal to form a composite velocity signal during the time period beginning with the starting time and concluding with the ending time, and to control the speed set point of the one or more displaceable components using the composite velocity signal such that the one or more displaceable components perturb a gait of the person.