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		Functional Gait Deviation Index // A typical gait analysis
		requires the examination of the motion of nine joint angles on
		the left-hand side and six joint angles on the right-hand side
		across multiple subjects. Due to the quantity and complexity of
		the data, it is useful to calculate the amount by which a
		subjects gait deviates from an average normal profile and to
		represent this deviation as a single number. Such a measure can
		quantify the overall severity of a condition affecting walking,
		monitor progress, or evaluate the outcome of an intervention
		prescribed to improve the gait pattern. This R package provides
		tools for computing the Functional Gait Deviation Index, a
		novel index for quantifying gait pathology using multivariate
		functional principal component analysis. The package supports
		analysis at the level of both legs combined, individual legs,
		and individual joints/planes. It includes functions for
		functional data preprocessing, multivariate functional
		principal component decomposition, FGDI computation, and
		visualisation of gait abnormality scores. Further details can
		be found in Minhas, S. K., Sangeux, M., Polak, J.,  Carey, M.
		(2025). The Functional Gait Deviation Index. Journal of Applied
		Statistics doi:10.1080/02664763.2025.2514150.
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