Apr 13, 2022 | Gait Analysis with Zeno Walkway, Gait and Balance Academy, Gait Deviations, Gait Research, General Gait Analysis
On April 13, 2012, Michael Rowling and his partners set out to create a gait analysis walkway system designed to push the boundaries of what can be done with the technology. ProtoKinetics was formed with the intent to use gait mat technology to develop new movement...
Sep 29, 2021 | Gait and Balance Academy
Gait analysis testing is used in a variety of ways to capture clinically meaningful data. Commonly recorded gait metrics are used to track disease progression, changes in performance over time and treatment efficacy, identify gait deviations compared to healthy norms,...
Jul 6, 2021 | Gait and Balance Academy
Wearable sensors are becoming popular devices for fitness and healthcare monitoring. The desire to understand human movement outside of the laboratory setting, coupled with the technological advancements of wearable sensors, such as Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs),...
Jan 12, 2021 | Gait and Balance Academy
What is stroke? A stroke occurs when an area of the brain does not receive adequate oxygen and nutrients due to a lack of blood supply, either by obstruction (ischemic stroke, about 80%) or rupture of a vessel (hemorrhagic stroke, about 20%). Brain cells begin to die...
Nov 4, 2020 | Gait and Balance Academy
Q to Michael Rowling, COO of ProtoKinetics: ProtoKinetics is recognized as a major actor in the gait analysis domain of and, with its core product the Zeno walkway, powered by PKMAS software. Which aspirations and goals drove you to create an instrumented version of...
Jun 22, 2020 | Gait and Balance Academy
Let’s take a look at the research article, Quantitative Gait Analysis in Duplication 15q Syndrome and Nonsyndromic ASD, which explains how using quantitative gait analysis tools, such as ProtoKinetics Zeno Electronic Walkway and Gait Analysis Software, can teach...
