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Main Authors: Chinaglia, Abel Gonçalves, Cesar, Guilherme Manna, Santiago, Paulo Roberto Pereira
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21425
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author Chinaglia, Abel Gonçalves
Cesar, Guilherme Manna
Santiago, Paulo Roberto Pereira
author_facet Chinaglia, Abel Gonçalves
Cesar, Guilherme Manna
Santiago, Paulo Roberto Pereira
contents Instrumented Timed Up and Go (TUG) analysis can support clinical and research decision-making, but robust and reproducible markerless pipelines are still limited. We present \textit{tugturn.py}, a Python-based workflow for 3D markerless TUG processing that combines phase segmentation, gait-event detection, spatiotemporal metrics, intersegmental coordination, and dynamic stability analysis. The pipeline uses spatial thresholds to segment each trial into stand, first gait, turning, second gait, and sit phases, and applies a relative-distance strategy to detect heel-strike and toe-off events within valid gait windows. In addition to conventional kinematics, \textit{tugturn} provides Vector Coding outputs and Extrapolated Center of Mass (XCoM)-based metrics. The software is configured through TOML files and produces reproducible artifacts, including HTML reports, CSV tables, and quality-assurance visual outputs. A complete runnable example is provided with test data and command-line instructions. This manuscript describes the implementation, outputs, and reproducibility workflow of \textit{tugturn} as a focused software contribution for markerless biomechanical TUG analysis.
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spellingShingle Automating Timed Up and Go Phase Segmentation and Gait Analysis via the tugturn Markerless 3D Pipeline
Chinaglia, Abel Gonçalves
Cesar, Guilherme Manna
Santiago, Paulo Roberto Pereira
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
92C10, 92C50, 68T45
J.3; I.4.8; I.5.4
Instrumented Timed Up and Go (TUG) analysis can support clinical and research decision-making, but robust and reproducible markerless pipelines are still limited. We present \textit{tugturn.py}, a Python-based workflow for 3D markerless TUG processing that combines phase segmentation, gait-event detection, spatiotemporal metrics, intersegmental coordination, and dynamic stability analysis. The pipeline uses spatial thresholds to segment each trial into stand, first gait, turning, second gait, and sit phases, and applies a relative-distance strategy to detect heel-strike and toe-off events within valid gait windows. In addition to conventional kinematics, \textit{tugturn} provides Vector Coding outputs and Extrapolated Center of Mass (XCoM)-based metrics. The software is configured through TOML files and produces reproducible artifacts, including HTML reports, CSV tables, and quality-assurance visual outputs. A complete runnable example is provided with test data and command-line instructions. This manuscript describes the implementation, outputs, and reproducibility workflow of \textit{tugturn} as a focused software contribution for markerless biomechanical TUG analysis.
title Automating Timed Up and Go Phase Segmentation and Gait Analysis via the tugturn Markerless 3D Pipeline
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
92C10, 92C50, 68T45
J.3; I.4.8; I.5.4
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21425