Computerised analysis of the movements and positions involved in walking in children with cerebral palsy, using devices such as cameras, foot force detection plates and sensors to record muscle activity. Designed to improve the targeting of therapies and orthopaedic surgery by pinpointing which muscles are involved in abnormal movement and which are compensating. Gait laboratories are usually attached to hospitals.
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