GaitSmart assessment and vGym personalised exercise rehabilitation programme for people with gait and mobility issues The following is an extract of the NICE MIB283 Current care pathway Older people who have suffered a fall or report recurring falls, or have abnormal gait or balance, are normally offered a multifactorial falls risk assessment by a healthcare professional in a specialist falls service. Interventions are tailored to each individual and usually include exercis

Are we able to predict the progression of knee osteoarthritis? At the end of the APPROACH project in November 2021, the consortium published a series of videos elaborating on this and other topics such as the biomarker analysis and computer algorithm used in the project, the role of MRI scans and the use of the GaitSmart system to measure participants’ gait, among others. In these videos osteoarthritis patient representatives, members of the APPROACH patient council, share th

Dynamic Metrics have been awarded an IP Access grant which will be delivered by IP Pragmatics . Thanks go to Innovate UK EDGE East of England for supporting our application which will help us commercialise our Intellectual Property. Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng announced the government’s innovation strategy, which includes support for UK companies to develop and grow their intellectual property strategy. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) funding scheme to enable SM

Dynamic Metrics are at the ASHN Network Innovator Zone at the HETT show (Healthcare Excellence Through Technology). We will be demonstrating GaitSmart, so pop along and have a gait test. Our CEO will also be presenting at the show. In the dawn of a new era for digital and health tech transformation, HETT looks forward to welcoming back our health innovation communities. Join us to share and learn best practices, practical solutions, and forward planning and in this new health

On 15 September 2021 at 11am - Innovate UK EDGE and Dr Yvette Ankrah MBE are hosting Women in Innovation: Work Life Balance Webinar Dynamic Metrics CEO will be presenting Innovate UK EDGE is hosting a Women in Innovation series of webinars in recognition of the leading role women are playing within innovative growth SMEs. To Find out more click here

Dynamic Metrics spoke at the Open Session on spotlight talks across the community on latest developments and considerations to support the Healthy ageing agenda. The UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge enables businesses, including social enterprises, to develop and deliver products, services, and business models that will be adopted at scale which support people as they age. This allows people to remain active, productive, independent, and socially connected across generations for

A quick, cheap and non-invasive way to measure osteoarthritis APPROACH found that a commercially-available motion-measuring technology could be used to gauge the extent of OA as an alternative or add-on to existing diagnostic options There are a number of ways that osteoarthritis (OA) progression can be measured, but all come with drawbacks. While x-rays are the gold standard, they don’t tell us much about changes in cartilage, and a person might have symptoms a long time bef

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 aims to identify different osteoarthritis phenotypes and progression rates to support the selection of patients for clinical trials. We’re re

Recently 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 GaitSmart product and new addition, vGym – the virtual gym. Combined, these products can measure & monitor gait while also guidi