Run3D LIMITED: A NOVEL PROTOTYPE 3D-GAIT RETRAINING SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSIS, CORRECTION AND REALTIME MONITORING OF JOINT AND MUSCULAR INJURIES.

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An estimated 83% of musculoskeletal injuries are sports activity related (Wikipedia).Over 4M amateur sportspeople per year in the UK suffer recurrent physical injuries of thiskind, usually caused by poor running style or posture or by over ambitious training. Not onlydoes this undo personal training plans and undermine the health benefits and goals that manyaspire to but it also costs the UK economy an estimated £60.9M per year in lost productivity.Run3D Limited, a biomechanical engineering company specialising in 3D motion analysis, isdeveloping a novel real time analysis and retraining system for assessing and preventingreoccurrence of musculoskeletal overuse injuries.Focussing first on treatment of injuries related to walking and running in athletics sports andin professions where high physical performance is required e.g. the army, it has alreadyproved the concept of using 3D gait assessment in the sports clinic, established demand fromclinicians and demonstrated the outcomes and benefits to patients.However current technology, which is an off line analysis, is limiting its usefulness and itspatients would like real time retraining as an integral part of their sports training.The 18 months long project, which will develop a prototype 3D Gait Retraining system forspecialist clinic use initially, will implement a step change in 3D gait technology, bringing auser friendly real time system to clinics and their patients for the first time.Including components for clinical specialists and for end user or patient, it will compriseclinical gait analysis tailored to the specific sport, real time reporting and retraining of postureand style to minimise the risk of repeating injuries using Run3D’s own motion analysis. It willhave a web based interface and a SMART app for end users to monitor their own progress andrecovery by comparing performance to an ideal and in real time.