Patent ID: 8652070

Claim:
A computer system for performing a diagnosis of an individual's specific dysfunction based on characteristics of the individual's gait, the system comprising: an input component for receiving biokinetographic values for initiation of gait movement, base of gait, cadence, gait turnaround and arm swing during gait movement for an individual from a plurality of sensors; a memory component for storing a gait characteristic database comprised of biokinetographic standard values for initiation of gait movement, base of gait, cadence, gait turnaround and arm swing during gait movement and at least two corresponding dysfunctions; a processor under programmed control for receiving the biokinetographic data for the individual's gait characteristics and comparing the biokinetographic data for the individual's gait characteristics to the gait characteristic standard database and determining one or more diagnoses for the individual's specific dysfunction, wherein the one or more diagnoses is a diagnosis of a neurological dysfunction when the biokinetographic values include (1) delayed initiation of movement with freezing or short steps and a gravitational unit difference of greater than one in heel strike amplitudes, (2) delayed initiation of movement with freezing or short steps and a Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) power less than 0.5, (3) a highly variable cadence with a gravitational unit difference of greater than one in heel strike amplitudes, or (4) a highly variable cadence with a Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) power less than 0.5; and an output component for presenting the one or more diagnoses for the individual's specific dysfunction.