Walk3D - a Gait Analysis and Walking Re-training application to help Older Adults stay Active, Healthy and Independent.

“我的愿景是将研究中的3D步态分析技术带入”真实的世界“，并利用它来支持”真实的人“保持活跃。我在读博士期间就认识到了它的潜力，并开发了Run 3D作为一种新型的实时3D步态分析和再训练平台，用于诊断和治疗运动员的肌肉骨骼损伤。我对这个奖项的愿景是为骨科医学和康复行业开发我们的3D步态分析平台，重点关注需求最大的老年人群。事实证明，身体活动对保持我们的健康和精神活跃至关重要，这些都使我们能够独立，以我们选择的任何方式享受我们的生活。随着年龄的增长，我们自然会放慢速度，因此在老年时保持甚至增加身体活动就更加重要了。然而，每年有30万例骨折与脆弱性有关，许多受影响的人永远不会恢复行走或独立的信心。Walk 3D将教会人们在受伤、手术或疾病后稳定而自信地行走，使他们能够恢复活动、独立和保持健康的生活。Run 3D客户有兴趣为他们提供定制的步行步态分析和再训练平台;这个奖项将使我能够开发它准备上市，支持和指导包将给我支持，以扩大我的业务，并在大众骨科和康复市场取得成功。我喜欢分享我的Run 3D故事，以激励他人，无论是在STEM和商业活动，包括Innovate UK 2017会议、Women in Science and Engineering（WISE）和牛津大学赛德商学院（Said Business School，Oxford）。作为一个榜样，尽管我致力于Run 3D，但我的工作与生活平衡。我在发展公司的同时照顾我年轻的家庭，我仍然在国家一级参加比赛：今年我代表威尔士参加比赛，我保持着一项婴儿车马拉松世界纪录，即在推着婴儿车的同时跑马拉松。"

"My vision is to bring 3D Gait Analysis technology from research into the 'real world' and to use it to support 'real people' to keep active. I recognised its potentiaI during my PhD and developed Run3D as a novel real-time 3D gait analysis and retraining platform to diagnose and treat musculoskeletal injuries in athletes.My vision for this award is to develop our 3D gait analysis platform for the orthopaedic medicine and rehabilitation sectors, focusing on older populations, where the need is greatest. It has been shown that physical activity is vital to keeping us healthy and mentally active throughout our lives and these enable us to be independent and enjoy our lives in whatever way we choose. We slow down naturally as we age, so it is even more important to maintain, or even increase, our physical activity in older age. However, there are 300,000 bone fractures per year associated with fragility and many of those affected never recover their confidence in walking or their independence. Walk3D will teach people to walk steadily and confidently after injury, operation or illness, enabling them to recover activity, independence and maintain a healthy life. We have interest from our Run3D customers in providing them with a bespoke walking gait analysis and retraining platform; this award will enable me to develop it ready for market launch and the support and mentoring package will give me the support to expand my business and succeed in the mass orthopaedic and rehabilitation markets.I love to share my Run3D story to inspire others, both in STEM and business events, including Innovate UK 2017 conference, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) and the Said Business School, Oxford.As a role model, I have a work-life balance despite my commitment to Run3D. I look after my young family at the same time as growing my company and I still run competitively at National Level: I represented Wales this year and I hold the buggy-marathon World Records for running a marathon whilst pushing a pram with baby on board."