Gait Diagnostics
Clinical gait and postural analysis is a tool which quantifies the clinical picture, thereby assisting health professionals in identifying the cause of biomechanical imbalance that is causing pain. This process is facilitated through the use of technology such as; specialised, computer-interfaced video cameras to measure patient motion; force platforms imbedded in a walkway to monitor the forces and torques produced between the ambulatory patient and the ground; and sophisticated software which provides not only individual patient data but normalised values. Essential to this process is of course the interpretation of the data by an experienced health professional.
Body Analysis
We gather information about a patient at rest, by video capture which provides detailed and accurate measurements of the entire body structure. It measures inclinations, length, angles, and imblances of the body (head, neck, shoulder, pelvis, knee, ankle and foot). Imbalances within the body structure will often be a factor in injury rehabilitation, as well as symptoms involved in musculoskeletal pain and headaches.
Stabliometry
When the body is standing statically an amount of postural sway is present. These postural ossilations can be evaluated to measure the performance of the control systems, both biomechanical and receptorial. This investigation, when used in combination with a dynamic pressure analysis, allows correlation of instabilities between motor coordination and balance maintenance.
Dynamic Imaging
Using a combination of video caputre and a Pressure Multi Sensor runway we are able to evaluate a patient's dynamic movements and the angles of individual joint segments. In particular it measures the specific phases of the walking movement, shoulder and pelvic inclinations and knee angles. Dynamic imaging registers and assesses the overall postural condition of the body and the impact forces the body is exposed to. Results can be printed or transferred to DVD for use by a multidisciplinary health care team.
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