Any experience with the GaitRite System?
Tarrant, James
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Title:
Any experience with the GaitRite System?
Creator:
Tarrant, James
Date:
11/26/2007
Text:
Dear Colleagues,
We are currently researching options for our 'gait lab'. This lab is a low tech video (frontal/sagittal) gait observation system; quick, easy and repeatable.
We are using video capture for a variety of different reasons- education for patient/parent, measurement tools for hip, knee and/or foot angle, frame by frame gait observation and evidence based research. There are many more reasons...but you get the idea.
So far this has not added significant time for a patient/client assessment and our goal is to expand this clinical tool without an (significant) increase in assessment time.
We would like to enhance the information we collect with some stride length, COF, base of support, type data. Simultaneous video and temporal/spatial measurement.
The GaitRite system is expensive but seems appropriate. My questions:
* What is your experience with the GaitRite system? Good, bad?
* What would you do differently if you were to purchase the system again?
* Are there P and O folk out there using this system for clinical gait observation?
* Are there other platforms that provide similar data?
Thank you, for your consideration. I will post the replies.
James Tarrant C.O.(c)
Queen Alexandra Centre
Fisher Building
2400 Arbutus Road
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada, V8N 1V7
Ph:(250) 721-6811
Fax:(250) 721-6815
We are currently researching options for our 'gait lab'. This lab is a low tech video (frontal/sagittal) gait observation system; quick, easy and repeatable.
We are using video capture for a variety of different reasons- education for patient/parent, measurement tools for hip, knee and/or foot angle, frame by frame gait observation and evidence based research. There are many more reasons...but you get the idea.
So far this has not added significant time for a patient/client assessment and our goal is to expand this clinical tool without an (significant) increase in assessment time.
We would like to enhance the information we collect with some stride length, COF, base of support, type data. Simultaneous video and temporal/spatial measurement.
The GaitRite system is expensive but seems appropriate. My questions:
* What is your experience with the GaitRite system? Good, bad?
* What would you do differently if you were to purchase the system again?
* Are there P and O folk out there using this system for clinical gait observation?
* Are there other platforms that provide similar data?
Thank you, for your consideration. I will post the replies.
James Tarrant C.O.(c)
Queen Alexandra Centre
Fisher Building
2400 Arbutus Road
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada, V8N 1V7
Ph:(250) 721-6811
Fax:(250) 721-6815
Citation
Tarrant, James, “Any experience with the GaitRite System?,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/228715.
