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To overcome this limitation, we developed a wearable platform specifically designed for human movement analysis applications, which integrates a MIMU and an Infrared Time-of-Flight proximity sensor (IR-ToF), allowing for the estimate of inter-object distance. We proposed a thorough testing protocol for evaluating the IR-ToF sensor performances under experimental conditions resembling those encountered during gait. In particular, we tested the sensor performance for different (i) target colors; (ii) sensor-target distances (up to 200 mm) and (iii) sensor-target angles of incidence (AoI) (up to     60 \u2218    ). Both static and dynamic conditions were analyzed. A pendulum, simulating the oscillation of a human leg, was used to generate highly repeatable oscillations with a maximum angular velocity of 6 rad\/s. Results showed that the IR-ToF proximity sensor was not sensitive to variations of both distance and target color (except for black). Conversely, a relationship between error magnitude and AoI values was found. For AoI equal to     0 \u2218    , the IR-ToF sensor performed equally well both in static and dynamic acquisitions with a distance mean absolute error &lt;1.5 mm. Errors increased up to     3.6     mm (static) and     11.9     mm (dynamic) for AoI equal to     \u00b1  30 \u2218     , and up to     7.8     mm (static) and     25.6     mm (dynamic) for AoI equal to     \u00b1  60 \u2218     . In addition, the wearable platform was used during a preliminary experiment for the estimation of the inter-foot distance on a single healthy subject while walking. 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