Abstrakt
The article deals with the proposal of methods for interpretation and analysis of the kinematic quantities of movement of the vestibular system. Up to now there have not been any systems which would enable us to measure the kinematic quantities of movement of the vestibular system within its coordinate system and the corresponding methods of interpretation and analysis of the kinematic quantities.
The proposed methods remove these deficiencies and enable us to present and evaluate the data from five gyro-accelerometer units suitably positioned on a helmet. The physicians have an opportunity to evaluate the kinematic data by means of diagrams of time dependencies and 2D and 3D diagrams of the mutual dependencies of the kinematic quantities.
The method was tested during the Head Impulse Test. The results show the characteristic movement patterns of the head and slight asymmetry in angular quantities and high asymmetry in translational quantities.
The introduced methods are especially geared towards applications in clinical neurology and biomechanics.