About the Authors
- Jochen Klucken
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Jens Barth
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Affiliations Department of Molecular Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Pattern Recognition Lab, Department of Computer Science, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ASTRUM IT GmbH, Erlangen, Germany
- Patrick Kugler
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Affiliation Pattern Recognition Lab, Department of Computer Science, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Johannes Schlachetzki
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Thore Henze
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Franz Marxreiter
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Zacharias Kohl
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Ralph Steidl
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Affiliation ASTRUM IT GmbH, Erlangen, Germany
- Joachim Hornegger
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Affiliation Pattern Recognition Lab, Department of Computer Science, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Bjoern Eskofier
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Affiliation Pattern Recognition Lab, Department of Computer Science, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Juergen Winkler
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* E-mail: jochen.klucken@uk-erlangen.de
Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Competing Interests
This study was partly funded by a project grant of ASTRUM IT GmbH. Shoes were provided by adidas® AG. J. Barth and R. Steidl are employed by ASTRUM IT GmbH. eGaIT as developed and described in the present manuscript serves scientific interest in its present form. The automated gait analysis system as described is not a commercial product. Here, the authors present a “proof-of-principle” for the ability of sensor based gait analysis to be used as patients diagnostic and therapy monitoring tool. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JK RS JH BE JW. Performed the experiments: JK JB PK JS TH FM ZK JW. Analyzed the data: JK JB BE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK JB PK BE JW. Wrote the paper: JK JB.