Patent Document ID: 9179862
Application ID: 11184490
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for analyzing gait comprising: collecting gait pattern data via a gait monitor device having a portable monitor unit adapted to be wearable by a subject and a gait data collection device including at least one toe-off (TO) force-sensitive sensor adapted to be positioned on a surface of an insole near a front ball of a foot of the subject, and at least one heel strike (HS) force-sensitive sensor adapted to be positioned on a surface of the insole below a heel of the subject, the gait data collection device communicatively coupled to the portable monitor unit and adapted to provide data to the portable monitor unit about initiation and termination of foot contact times during a gait cycle; specifying, via a data analyzer communicatively coupled to the portable monitor unit, a gait stability metric that is used to quantify a stability associated with the collected gait pattern data; determining, via one or more processors of the data analyzer, a gait stability value from the gait pattern data using the specified gait stability metric; wherein the determined gait stability value is a quantification of the stability associated with the collected gait pattern data; processing, via one or more processors of the data analyzer, the determined gait stability value in association with a pre-classified gait stability value utilizing a clustering correlation module of a memory of the data analyzer to determine the level of association of the collected gait pattern data with pre-classified gait pattern data, wherein the pre-classified gait pattern data has a pre-specified association with a neuromuscular status; and classifying, via one or more processors of the data analyzer, the gait pattern data in association with the neuromuscular status based on the determined level of association of the collected gait pattern data with pre-classified gait pattern data.