| Summary: | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2018. === Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. === Includes bibliographical references (page 16). === According to the World Health Organization, falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide. In order to address this issue from a fall prevention perspective, I began developing a footwear device to give feedback to the user on their walking. In this iteration, I've identified characteristics to distinguish between shuffling and walking strides for implementation in a threshold-based algorithm and the device created was effective in making this distinction with a 74.65% accuracy and 73.17% sensitivity. The errors identified are those common to threshold-based algorithms and can be corrected in future iterations with a more sensitive threshold and stride detection method. Moving forward, the device can be improved in order to be integrated into a feedback device for the intended user. === by Alaisha Alexander. === S.B.
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