The five minute gait analysis screen: high impact, low tech, immediately useful
27 Nov 2025
Theatre B
Ethics, Professionalism & Clinical Reasoning
Specific Conditions
Learning outcomes:
Practical and stripped-back, perfect for therapist of all experience levels and backgrounds who don’t have tech or time. Too many therapists assume you now need expensive, high-tech equipment or long appointment times to successfully analysis gait. However, there are some very easy, quick and effective ways to gain a good insight into someone’s gait. These insights coupled with a simple decision-making process can help every therapist immediately feel comfortable with gait analysis. In this talk, I will outline these tests and thinking processes to provide simple, practical strategies for therapists to use the very next day.
Participants will leave with a simple, evidence-based 5-minute gait screen they can use immediately in clinic. They will learn how to:
Identify key movement themes that matter.
Interpret findings through reasoning, not assumption.
Link gait insights to treatment planning and communication.
Balance the science, ethics, and practicality of gait analysis in modern MSK care.
