Publications & Presentations




GaitSmart parameters correlate with Osteoarthritis staging

Eefje M van Helvoort, Diana Hodgins, Simon C Mastbergen, Anne Karien Marijnissen, Hans Guehring, Marieke Loef, Margreet Kloppenburg, Francisco Blanco, Ida K Haugen, Francis Berenbaum, Floris P J G Lafeber, Paco M J Welsing Relationship between motion, using the GaitSmartTM system, and radiographic knee osteoarthritis: an explorative analysis in the IMI-APPROACH cohort. 2020. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Aug 2;60(8):3588-3597. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa809

Incorporating GaitSmart use reduces frailty

G.Rodgers, A. Mottley and D. Hodgins. Novel Digital Gait Kinematic Solution to Improve Frailty. 2020. Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging. Vol 7 No 5 (2020).

GaitSmart as a reference measurement system

Heaps J. Inertial Measurement Unit Characterisation for Gait Analysis. 2019. 3DMC 2019 Here East. London.

NELFT – GaitSmart intervention programme frail elderly

R Fordham, G Xydopoulos. 2019. Predictive health economic model to investigate the cost efficiency of interventions to help reduce falls. Submitted to Assistive Technologies 2019.

Rodgers G. Mottley A. 2019. NELFT – GaitSmart intervention programme results. The King’s Fund Digital Health and Care Congress. Abstract.

Gait kinematic data for 198 patients with early stage knee OA compared to 198 healthy controls

Hodgins D et al. 2019. Gait kinematics for patients with early stage knee osteoarthritis - the APPROACH project. OARSI 2019. Poster presentation.


Comparison between GaitSmart and the optical gold standard on 49 hip patients, one year post op

Roland Zügner et al. 2019. Validation of Inertial Measurement Units with Optical tracking system in patients operated with Total Hip Arthroplasty. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

Knee gait kinematic data and how this alters with BMI

Hodgins D. 2019. Are knee gait kinematics and temporal data dependent upon BMI? College of Podiatry Conference 2019. Oral Presentation

Intervention of 1 year post TKR patients with UCL and RNOH London

Walters Y, McCarthy I, Birch H. 2018. Can task-orientated rehabilitation improve knee function in patients 12 months after knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis? PhD Study University College London


Single and double leg squats with professional football and rugby players

Hodgins et al., 2018. Analysis of Single and Double Leg Squats in Professional Sports People Using Inertial Measurement Units. J Diagn Tech Biomed Anal. 7:1


Total Hip Arthroplasty at Gothenburg University

Blixt S. Patient-reported Mobility Problems after Total Hip Arthroplasty. Gothenburg University 2017


Haemophiliac study with ERASMUS Hospital, Holland

Stoof SC et al. 2017. Sensor-based gait analysis as a simple tool to measure gait in haemophilia patients. Haemophilia. 23:e354--e393.


Ankle fracture study with APOSTherapy, Israel

Elbaz A et al. 2016. Lower Extremity Kinematic Profile of Gait of Patients After Ankle Fracture: A Case-Control Study. J Foot Ankle Surg. 55(5):918-21.


Hip studies on THR patients at Exeter and North Devon NHST

Hanly RJ et al. Outpatient 3-D gait analysis one year after THA using a portable IMU system: bone joint. June 98-b (supp 11)1


Study in a NHS outpatient clinic for hip and knee replacement patients

Hodgins D, Hart A. 2016. Gait monitoring using inertial measurement units in an orthopaedic outpatient clinic. IET conference Human motion analysis for healthcare applications 2016.


Home Based Gait Training Following Knee and Hip Arthroplasty

Worsley G and Hodgins D. 2016. Home Based Gait Training Following Knee and Hip Arthroplasty. Digital Health and Care Congress.


Knee study on TKR patients at UCL and RNOH London

Rahman J, Tang Q, Monda M, Miles J, McCarthy I. Gait assessment as a functional outcome measure in total knee arthroplasty:a cross sectional study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2015 16:66


Healthy study at UCL and RNOH London

Monda M et al. 2015. Use of Inertial Measurement Units to Assess Age-Related Changes in Gait Kinematics in an Active Population. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 23: 18-23. 2015


Elderly study with Exercise Class at Epsom Day Centre

Hodgins D, McCarthy I. How measuring an older person’s walking pattern can help keep them mobile ‘Personalised healthcare for mobility’. ITAP 2015 Springer ISSN 1611-3349


Outcome from a SBRI project looking at using GaitSmart as part of a telehealth service

Hodgins D. 2015. Redesigning rehabilitation services for total hip and knee arthroplasty using telehealth. Conference Proceedings IMechE. Hip Surgery: A joint engineering and surgical challenge (Nov 2015).


Review article on hip and knee replacement patients and the elderly

Hodgins D and McCarthy I. 2015. Sensor-Based Gait Rehabilitation for Total Hip and Knee Replacement Patients and Those at Risk of Falling: Review Article. Phys Med Rehabil Int. 2015; 2(10): 1073


Early stage knee OA study at RNOH London and APOSTherapy, Israel

McCarthy et al. 2013. Analysis of knee flexion characteristics and how they alter with the onset of knee osteoarthritis: a case control study BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders,14:169


Sportex article on rugby players

Hodgins D and Miles J. 2012. Proactive Intervention because prehab is better than rehab.Sportex Medicine


Overview of why measuring gait is useful

Hodgins D. 2008. The importance of measuring human gait. Medical Device Technology