Biomechanics Gait Analysis Lab - Biomedical Engineering ...

14. Press the OFF button on the block diagram to end
footswitch data collection and press the stop button to
end the LabVIEW program.
15. Turn OFF the transmitter and receiver boxes.
16. Measure the distance (m) from the start line on the
floor to the subject’s heel after the complete gait
cycle (Figure 28).
Figure 28: Measure Total Gait Cycle Length
17. Open up the Toe, 1 st Metatarsal, 5 th Metatarsal, and Heel
LVM files in Microsoft© Excel (Figure 29). Delete the
entire 1 st and 3 rd column of zeroes, so that you have the
sensor data in the 1 st column and the time data in the
second. Change the time data column format so that the
values are displayed as a number value, not a scientific
one (Figure 30).
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