Patent ID: 8628485

Claim:
A method for analyzing the gait of an individual wearing a left shoe and a right shoe, the method including the steps of: (a) acquiring data onto a computerized storage device: (i) the acquired data comprising pressure and time information being from a first array of pressure sensors disposed in a left shoe and a second array of pressure sensors disposed in a right shoe; (ii) each pressure sensor in the first array having a corresponding and similarly located pressure sensor in the second array that together form a pressure sensor pair; (b) creating a data evaluation set, including the steps of: (i) parsing at least some of the acquired data into at least two separate gait phases for each array; (ii) calculating a mean pressure value for each sensor for each similar gait phase; and (iii) calculating a mean pressure value for each sensor pair for each similar gait phase; (c) analyzing the data evaluation set, including the steps of: (i) comparing, for each gait phase, the mean pressure value for each sensor to the sensor pair mean pressure value and to a mean pressure deviation limit value; and (ii) categorizing each sensor into one of at least two pressure uniformity categories for each gait phase on the basis of the comparison; and (d) creating a graphical output based on the category into which each sensor has been placed, the output showing at least one entire gait cycle wherein each gait phase is individually represented by a right footprint and a left footprint.