Evidence
Clinicians have long understood the role that mobility plays in healthy aging. Steadion is at the forefront of quantifying and improving mobility health at scale.
Mobility Is A Powerful Health Indicator
Mobility is central to overall health and well being. Changes in gait integrity are strongly associated with negative trends in physical and cognitive health.
Moreover, mobility decline typically speeds the progression of chronic conditions, making the mobility challenged a particularly at-risk population.
Health
Mobility is linked to better health outcomes and lower risk.
Falls
Mobility decline is a strong predictor of falls and injury.
Longevity
Better mobility is associated with longer, healthier lives.
Independence
Mobility enables people to live independently and engage in daily life.
Function
Mobility reflects overall physical function and capability.
Mobility & Health
Mobility health is increasingly recognized as a vital sign, especially in seniors. Research has shown that gait speed, variability, cadence, symmetry, and mobility patterns correlate with frailty, hospitalization, cognitive decline, fall risk, and mortality.
Mobility & Longevity
Mobility is strongly associated with healthy aging and overall health outcomes.
Mobility & Independence
Mobility decline is one of the earliest indicators of frailty and the #1 reason why seniors lose their indpendence.
Mobility & Cognitive Health
As people age, the links between mobility, cognitive and sensory systems come to the fore.
Mobility Challenges and Falls
Falls are the leading cause of injuries and injury-related deaths in seniors. Numerous technologies can detect and report a fall, but by the time they do, the damage has already been done. The first mission of mobility intelligence is fall prevention.
Falls Epidemiology
Mobility is strongly associated with healthy aging and overall health outcomes.
Falls & Mobility Aids
Walking aids are essential for the mobility challenged, but they impose challenges of their own.
The Economic Impact of Falls
Beyond the human cost, falls place a substantial and growing burden on healthcare systems.
The Missing Measurement
Although mobility is a recognized indicator of health, it is infrequently assessed, and only during clinic visits, annual wellness exams, or after an adverse event. As a result, meaningful changes in function that develop gradually can go unnoticed for weeks, months or longer.
The Need for Mobility Assessments
These snapshots provide valuable information but leave long periods without objective observation.
Important Changes Occur Between Visits
Functional decline is often gradual. Small changes in gait can manifest over time before becoming clinically apparent.
Continuous Monitoring: A Paradigm Shift
Continuous gait monitoring can enable timely interventions, before mobility decline becomes a fall, injury, or loss of independence.