Category: Research
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New study with Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital led by Professor Iain McNamara
Can preoperative gait kinematic assessment and optimisation hasten recoveryand improve early outcomes in patients undergoing arthroplasty? This is a Randomised Control Trial, where GaitSmart is being used to provide apersonalised exercise plan to patients preparing for hip or knee arthroplasty. Thegoal is to understand if providing exercises before surgery improves their outcomespost surgery.
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NICE Guidance
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in ResearchGID-MT575 GaitSmart rehabilitation exercise programme for gait and mobility issues. Published: 3 April 2024. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/MTG78
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GaitSmart Early Economic Evaluation Published
GaitSmart Early Economic Evaluation Published DML wants to share the good news that the paper titled ‘Early economic evaluation of the digital gait analysis system for fall prevention–Preliminary analysis of the GaitSmart system’ has been published in the Aging Medicine as an Open Access article. The full paper can be found by clicking here. The authors…
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Research for orthopaedic wearable technology shortlisted for national award
The GaitSmart study, a project to support patients during hip and knee replacement recovery using wearable technology, has been shortlisted for a national innovation award. Dynamic Metrics Ltd alongside the Orthopaedic Clinic Research team at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of East Anglia Health Economics team have been shortlisted for the Healthcare…
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Does The GaitSmart Rehabilitation Programme Reduce The Risk of Falls In Conjunction With Falls Prevention or Bone Health Classes?
Pleased to announce that another of our papers has just been published –Can the Healthcare Assistant in General Practice provide Preventative Support for Older People to Reduce Risk of Falls. British Journal of Healthcare & Medical Research October 2023. The study provides evidence that our GaitSmart intervention programme can be delivered at a GP practice…
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A4I mini-project awarded to DML
Analysis for Innovators (A4I) round eight mini projects We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded an A4I mini project ‘Development of a transfer function for DML’s IMU’, working with NPL.
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New Paper from the IMI-APPROACH Project
NHS ConfedExpo, When: 15/16 June 2020, Venue: ACC Liverpool L3 4FP Background There are multiple measures for assessment of physical function in knee osteoarthritis (OA), but each has its strengths and limitations. The GaitSmart® system, which uses inertial measurement units (IMUs), might be a user-friendly and objective method to assess function. This…
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New Publication on GaitSmart from the APPROACH EU Project
It was fantastic to see this recent publication that demonstrates how GaitSmart parameters are associated with the presence of rheumatoid osteoarthritis. Congratulations to Eefje M van Helvoort, the team at UMCU research and the entire APPROACH EU team! It was great to be able to work with such an extensive team. The APPROACH EU project…
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Falls Prevention at the Innovation Review Panel (Academic Health Science Network)
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in ResearchRecently we presented GaitSmart as a solution toward Falls Prevention at the Innovation Review Panel (Academic Health Science Network), gaining very positive feedback! We believe monitoring gait can make a real difference to long term quality of life & would love to hear from interested parties! We‘re really pleased with the reception to our updated…
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Falls Prevention & Management in Older People Conference
We are really pleased to have been able to showcase of our product & our latest published research at the virtual Falls Prevention & Management in Older People conference. Our Founder, Dr Diana Hodgins was able to virtually present our product while Anne Motley presented the results from our clinical trial carried out in collaboration…
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Use of GaitSmart to inform and personalise rehab of falls patients
New research shows that Use of GaitSmart to inform and personalise rehabilitation of falls patients results in a significant improvement in standard Frailty metrics. We are very pleased to see the publication of the results of a study carried out as part of a great collaboration with Geraldine Rodgers and Anna Motley with the NHS…
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Digital Health IUK Grant trials have now commenced in the NHS at NNUH
DML are very proud to announce that we are part of the MAP Rehab study, using our new GaitSmart 2 system. This is being run by the NNUH Orthopaedic Clinical Research team and aims to improve quality of life by reducing the risk of falls and arthritis for patients in the future. The study is…