Observational and quantitative gait analyses are used to assess gait deviations in people with lower-limb amputations to inform clinical management. In clinical settings, however, observational gait analysis can be highly subjective, and quantitative gait analysis is often costly, time-consuming, and therefore impractical.
To enhance clinical decision-making, researchers conducted a narrative review of peer-reviewed literature and presented categories of commercially available gait analysis systems, their capabilities, and prior implementation in clinical settings.
The final review included 23 articles about instrumented treadmills, instrumented walkways, inertial measurement unit-based, and markerless motion capture, and identified gaps in current clinical practice. The authors offered recommendations from the review to incorporate point-of-care gait analysis for people with lower-limb amputations.
The open-access study, “Integrating gait analysis systems in clinical rehabilitation settings for individuals with lower limb amputation: A narrative review,” was published in Cureus.
