Dec 18, 2019 | Gait and Balance Academy
What are the symptoms of Ataxia? Ataxia is commonly defined as a lack of coordination in body movements or a loss of balance which is not due to muscle weakness. Ataxia symptoms can be seen in a variety of voluntary motor tasks such as using fingers or hands,...
Nov 14, 2019 | General Gait Analysis
Michael Rowling, the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Business Development for ProtoKinetics, has published an article in the industry publication Lower Extremity Review on the importance of paying attention to real-world metrics when using gait analysis...
Oct 29, 2019 | Gait and Balance Academy
In a recent study, The Primary Gait Screen in Parkinson’s disease: Comparison to standardized measures, proprietary technologies developed by ProtoKinetics were used to analyze a variety of factors regarding gait impairments in people with Parkinson’s disease. The...
Oct 18, 2019 | Gait Analysis with Zeno Walkway, Gait Deviations, General Gait Analysis
In a recent issue of Pharma Tech Outlook, Protokinetics was listed as a one of the Top 10 Enterprise Software Solutions Providers. COO Michael Rowling appeared on the cover of the magazine. The article discusses Protokinetics’ two offerings, the Zeno Walkway and...
Sep 26, 2019 | Gait and Balance Academy
In a recent study, Forward and Backward Walking in Parkinson Disease: A Factor Analysis, Protokinetics’ gait analysis and software assessment systems, the ZENO walkway mat and PKMAS, were used to capture footfall data and extract gait parameters for a test group...
Aug 7, 2019 | Gait and Balance Academy
Protokinetics’ Zeno Walkway pressure mat and PKMAS software package were recently used in a gait study which looked at using gait analysis procedures to highlight subtle gait abnormalities within a select population – in this case, patients with idiopathic...
Jun 24, 2019 | Gait and Balance Academy
Can you walk and chew gum at the same time? Yes. But can you chew gum slowly and walk quickly at the same time? Maybe. But only if you try really hard. Walking and chewing gum may seem like the simplest of multitasks in a world where multitasking is not only the norm...
May 29, 2019 | Gait and Balance Academy
The study of human locomotion consists of characterizing the shortest repeatable task in walking, the gait cycle. This movement is repeated over and over in order for humans to walk through the world. In addition to measuring the magnitude and symmetry of gait...
Apr 8, 2019 | Gait and Balance Academy
Bipedal gait requires movements from the right and left sides of the body, which can be measured and analyzed to determine the quality of a person’s gait. A common method of analyzing the quality of gait is with spatial temporal gait parameters (STP). These...
Feb 18, 2019 | Gait Analysis with Zeno Walkway
Methods for collecting footfall data have come a long way since the days of using ink or carbon paper to make footprints on paper which were then measured with wooden rulers. Today, the gold standard for collecting accurate Spatio Temporal Parameters (STP) during gait...
