Gait Assessment

1. Clothing: Please wear a jog bra (women) or shirtless (men). No one else sees these videos. If you are uncomfortable doing so, please wear a light colored shirt as tight as is comfortable. Please be barefoot. Please wear shorts or tight exercise pants (e.g. yoga pants) rolled up; I need to be able to see your knees.
2. Place tape on your legs as a visual aid:
3. Record a video of yourself walking away from the camera and toward the camera three times. Please set up the camera so I can see your whole body for most of the time, and such that the video is vertically oriented rather than horizontal (taller rather than wider). Try to have the camera as straight as possible; e.g. if there is a floorboard or window in view, make sure the horizontal boarder is level. Try to square yourself to the camera: walk the straightest path possible, even if it shortens the distance — do not turn corners or curve your trajectory. Try to walk at your normal speed — most people walk more slowly when recording. Try to walk as normally as possible; pretend you are walking down the street and no one is recording you. A distance of about 15 feet is great, but not necessary. Please record the longest distance possible up to 15 feet.
4. If you can conveniently find a place where you can be recorded from at least a 15 foot distance, please record another video of your gait viewed from the side. You will not have to walk as far as you will only be visible in the camera for a shorter distance. Please make sure we can see your whole body (from feet to top of head), and orient the camera horizontally.
5. Upload the video(s) to your dropbox link (if you do not have one, please email me at margyverba@hotmail.com).