GAIT SPEED

Developer: Rachael Walton-Mouw

Get it: Apple app store or Google Play store

Price: $1.49

The Gait Speed mobile app is a functional measurement that can be used by physiotherapists to analyse a patient’s safety, confidence, and effectiveness in walking. The app features a timer, which a physiotherapist can start and stop at pre-determined gait distances and collect multiple time trials while assessing your patient’s walking.

A patient’s results can be saved on a history page with a time stamp to allow for easy identification and access, or you can save with a password in the physiotherapy information section. Although all patient data is stored in the cloud, it may not be secure.

Pros:

• useful in geriatric or neurological rehabilitation environment


• easy to use timer—use ‘eyes free’ external volume buttons or large simple button on screen to start and stop


• customisable distance in metres or feet


• option for password protection


• able to manage and export patient data.

Cons:

• pre-set gait distances do not include 10 metres, only 10 feet


• the data is saved in the cloud.

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