Abstract Background: GaitSmart (GS) is a sensor-based digital medical device that can be used with the integrated app vGym to provide a personalised rehabilitation programme for older people undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This study aimed to determine whether the GS intervention used in the rehabilitation of older people undergoing THA or TKA is potentially cost-effective compared to the current standard of care (SoC). Methods: Decis

Groundbreaking new technology to reduce falls and help people live independently is being rolled out across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. Funded by NHS England and led by Health Innovation East, GaitSmart technology aims to improve muscle strength, balance, and overall mobility. It uses sensors to test how well people walk without walking aids and provides a tailored exercise programme with interval training to help build strength and balance for those who experience

Dynamic Metrics Ltd is one of the UK companies chosen for the 𝗨𝗞-𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗿 on Life Sciences, a programme that will continue to foster economic cooperation between the UK and the State of Florida, led by Department for Business and Trade.

DML Presented at HLTH Europe We've had an excellent few days at Hlth Europe. We started off with the opportunity to present GaitSmart at the AI in the NHS event organised by the Department for Business and Trade. Over the following few days we had the opportunity to demonstrate our system, showing just how easy it is to do a gait test in a busy exhibition hall. Thank you to all who visited us on the Department for Business and Trade stand.

Digital Leeds Health and Care Event 2024 DML presented at the Leeds City Council and Leeds ICB's Integrated Digital Service on Friday 7 June at the Park Plaza in Leeds. This was to Commissioners, Heads of Services, Health and Care Staff, Programme Leads, Project Managers, who wished to find out how emerging tech is being used and developed to improve the lives of patients and their health and care outcomes.

OARSI International Conference 2024 We were really excited to be part of OARSI - Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2024 in Vienna. Delighted that our new paper on how gait changes with knee osteoarthritis pathology is now published. Thanks to Mylène Jansen, Wolfgang Wirth and the rest of the IMI-APPROACH team. The findings are that meniscal extrusion and bone marrow lesions progression are associated with gait worsening. Click this link to read the paper

GaitSmart NICE Guidance in Falls & Frailty NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) has published new guidance for GaitSmart rehabilitation exercise programme for gait and mobility issues. GaitSmart can now be used to treat gait and mobility issues in the NHS for adults at risk of falls. This new guidance will enable the GaitSmart programme to be offered to people who may not be able to access gait rehabilitation services and will help to reduce the risk and i

GID-MT575 GaitSmart rehabilitation exercise programme for gait and mobility issues. Published: 3 April 2024. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/MTG78

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 are: Zanghelini F, Xydopoulos G, Fordham R, Rodgers G, Khanal S. Early economic evaluation of the digital gait analysis syst