Baumann Lecture

Clinical gait and movement analysis is an established tool for objectively describing movement. In specialised centres, it is routinely used not only for research purposes, but also in clinical practice. But not yet in general. In the field of neuromotor disorders, gait analysis is an integral part of the treatment regimen. However, for other gait disorders, it is often only used as a tool for scientific work. It is rarely used as an additional dynamic examination option in everyday clinical practice. Using examples, the presentation will show where clinical gait analysis can be used and where we have learned from studies that gait analysis results influence our treatment and are not merely “documented”. New technologies, such as markerless capturing, can help us to increase acceptance of motion analysis, enabling it to be used more widely. However, we need to communicate where the limits and possibilities lie. In line with the congress theme “Crossing Borders”, the presentation aims to show where the connection between science and clinical application lies and where we need to work harder on the transfer.

Andreas Kranzl

Orthopaedic Hospital Speising, Laboratory for Gait and Movement Analysis, Vienna, Austria