Japanese researchers have developed an algorithm based on artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse changes in gait in several pathologies:
- 114 patients, including 45 with neuromuscular pathologies, took part in the study,
- the application (TDPT-GT) was developed on the iPhone using data supplied by the camera, based on a codified and standardised movement protocol (circular walk, 3 metres away from the camera lens, lasting one minute),
- this approach made it possible to obtain the coordinates of 27 body points without using physical sensors, as is the case with conventional methods of gait analysis,
- AI analysis of the data then enabled several types of pathological gait to be identified.
This simple, easy-to-use tool does, however, have its limitations, particularly in the case of very severe gait disturbances.
