App Turns Cell Phone into a Medical Monitor
From: Medical Design Technology - 05/07/2014

GaitTrack, an app developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois at Chicago, turns a
smartphone into a sophisticated medical device. Unlike other apps that merely
count steps, GaitTrack uses eight motion parameters to perform a detailed
analysis of a person’s gait, or walking pattern, which can tell physicians
much about a patient’s cardiopulmonary, muscular, and neurological health.

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http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/05/app-turns-cell-phone-medical-monitor

Links:
Bruce Schatz
http://www.canis.illinois.edu/schatz.html

GaitTrack app makes cellphone a medical monitor for heart and lung patients
http://news.illinois.edu/news/14/0506gait_BruceSchatz.html

Health Monitors for Chronic Disease by Gait Analysis with Mobile Phones
http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/tmj.2014.0025

Related:
Modified Smartphone Measures Gait, Aims to Promote Fall Prevention
http://www.rehabpub.com/2014/06/modified-smartphone-measures-gait-aims-promote-fall-prevention/

SmartGait from Purdue University measures a person's risk of falling (video 2:29)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLXnTx6Rb6A&feature=youtu.be