Feb 18, 2022 | Gait Research, General Gait Analysis
Temporal Gait Analysis Temporal spatial gait analysis is commonly used to quantify gait function in healthy and pathologic populations. Collecting complete temporal or spatial gait assessments often required instrumentation. The key to any instrumentation used to...
Sep 29, 2021 | Gait and Balance Academy
Gait analysis testing is used in a variety of ways to capture clinically meaningful data. Commonly recorded gait metrics are used to track disease progression, changes in performance over time and treatment efficacy, identify gait deviations compared to healthy norms,...
Jul 6, 2021 | Gait and Balance Academy
Wearable sensors are becoming popular devices for fitness and healthcare monitoring. The desire to understand human movement outside of the laboratory setting, coupled with the technological advancements of wearable sensors, such as Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs),...
Apr 29, 2021 | Gait Research
One of the most debilitating aspects of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is Freezing of Gait (FOG), the sensation of the feet sticking to the ground when movement is initiated or during active movement. Levodopa, commonly prescribed for PD patients, is not always...
Jan 14, 2021 | Gait Deviations, Gait Research, General Gait Analysis
In previous posts, we’ve learned about gait dysfunctions, what symptoms to look for, and how those deviations can be identified using gait analysis tools, such as the Zeno Walkway Mat and PKMAS software. Now, we’re going to focus on the next non-surgical steps after...