Validity of DynaPort GaitMonitor for assessment of spatiotemporal parameters in amputee gait.

Accelerometry can be used to objectively assess the walking ability of people with a lower-limb prosthesis inside and outside the laboratory setting. In this study, the validity of the DynaPort GaitMonitor software (McRoberts, The Hague, the Netherlands) for assessing spatiotemporal parameters of amputee gait was evaluated. Fourteen subjects with a lower-limb prosthesis walked on a straight level walkway at a self-selected walking speed over three different distances.