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Researchers Develop Smartphone App to Analyze Human Motion

NIBIB in the News
October 24, 2023

Could potentially be used to help screen for disease risk, inform rehabilitation decisions and track improvements in motion following treatment.

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A research team led by Scott L. Delp, Ph.D. of Stanford University and colleagues, and funded by the National Institutes of Health, has developed a smart phone app that can track and analyze a person’s locomotion and other types of movements. Source: Orthopedic Design & Technology Magazine