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When it comes to fall prevention, identifying trends in gait that have shown a correlation with increased risk of falls is a necessity. A complete fall risk assessment must incorporate precise and ongoing gait analysis to identify changes in gait parameters and functional mobility so that providers can assess more accurately and intervene proactively.

Can you assess fall risk without gait analysis?

At the 2025 NCOA Age+Action Conference, experts came together to explore ways to support aging with dignity and independence. OneStep’s Stephanie Wakeman, PT, DPT, presented on the emerging idea of gait as a vital sign — a powerful tool for detecting early health changes and guiding proactive care for older adults.

Aging and Mobility: Inside Our Presentation at the NCOA 2025 Age+Action Conference

Arthritis comes in many forms and is often misunderstood. Treatment options can be confusing and discouraging. Read more for the many different types of arthritis, common symptoms, treatments, and how physical therapy can help ease your pain and bring you peace of mind.

Arthritis 101

Total hip replacement surgery is one of the 5 most common orthopedic surgeries. There are several types of surgical approaches to replace the hip and it’s important to ask your surgeon which approach they will use as this will determine the type of physical and postural restrictions you will have after surgery and how long they will last.

7 Questions to Ask Your Surgeon After Hip Replacement Surgery

7 Beginner Exercises After a Total Hip Replacement

A New (Better) Way to Tackle Falls in Senior Care

What is Telehealth? Telehealth is a system in which you can access a doctor, physical therapist, or even psychiatric health services. The best part is all you need is a reliable internet connection and a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Even though the services are remote, you still have a caring and reliable licensed healthcare professional on the other end of the line. That means you can receive quality care without needing to leave your home, sit in traffic, or wait for an appointment.

7 Top Tips to Make the Most Out of Your Telehealth Session

Introduced by CMS in 2022, remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) is revolutionizing the way that musculoskeletal care is delivered. For the first time ever, qualified healthcare providers, such as physical therapists, are able to bill for the time they spend monitoring patients beyond the walls of the clinic. This is incredibly exciting news for clinics looking to not only generate more revenue but increase access to high-quality physical therapy care. We’ve put together a list of tips below to help get you started with remote therapeutic monitoring.

7 Tips to Successfully Offer Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) Services

Though it is a modern science of physical recovery, physical therapy traces its roots back thousands of years. It gives people the tools and techniques to heal after surgeries and injuries, shortening the recovery process and making healing manageable. At the same time, for some, physical therapy seems to be a far cry from what it is made out to be. If you’ve ever gone through physical therapy and felt like it simply doesn’t “work” this blog post is for you. Here are three of the most common reasons physical therapy doesn't provide the desired results.

3 Reasons Why Your Physical Therapy Isn't Working

What is digital PT? With all these buzzwords floating around like digital therapy and telehealth it can be very confusing to understand what each is referring to and how it relates to your personal needs. Telehealth is like a broad umbrella category that covers any type of healthcare provided from a distance through the use of technology.

6 Reasons Why Digital Physical Therapy is The Way To Go in 2022

See how a top rehab provider reduced falls and boosted monthly revenue—with just a smartphone.

How Real-life Gait Data Changed the Story for This Rehab Care Provider

OneStep enables Kinomatic to objectively showcase the success of their interventions and support superior clinical outcomes.

Validating Smart Surgical Protocols: OneStep Delivers Compelling and Objective Data

Remote therapeutic monitoring with OneStep enabled a clinician to identify a patient’s decline in real-time and intervene proactively, keeping her safe.

How monitoring gait kept a patient safe

Selection Rehab Services used OneStep to proactively screen patients, spot early signs of decline, and extend care based on real-world mobility insights.

RTM is great, data-driven care extensions are even better.

OneStep’s remote care platform and motion analysis technology is keeping patients receiving home-based outpatient therapy better connected with their clinicians.

OneStep remote care platform: a game-changer for home-based outpatient therapy

Learn how Kinomatic was able to use objective gait data collected by OneStep to prove that Kinomatic patients see a 40% faster recovery.

New Joint Replacement Technology drives superior patient outcomes captured by OneStep

By implementing digital care tools powered by OneStep’s smartphone motion intelligence, Synergy Care has been able to grow their revenue while enhancing clinical outcomes and fall prevention programs — in just 60 days from initial launch!

How a Therapy Services Provider demonstrated 3X ROI from RTM within 60 days

Choice Rehabilitation is able to justify necessary care extensions and capture new revenue through RTM with OneStep.

How a Therapy Services Provider earned an additional $7,243 in 60 days for Managed Care Part A patients with OneStep

High utilization of OneStep is correlated with reduction of falls in skilled nursing settings.

How a OneStep customer reduced falls by 15%

Signature HealthCare has been able to implement a robust fall and functional decline prevention program while driving revenue through Remote Therapeutic Monitoring and referrals for long term care residents.

How Signature HealthCare improved patient outcomes while achieving 11x ROI with OneStep

Physical therapist Stephanie Wakeman on functional movement, gait analysis, and virtual physical therapy - exclusive

APTQI Welcomes New Affiliate Members PredictionHealth and OneStep

Digital health technology holds the key to PT career flexibility

Combatting Physical Therapy Burnout: Can Digital Health Help?

7 Health Tech Predictions for 2024

C-Suite Perspectives On AI: Tomer Shussman Of OneStep On Where to Use AI and Where to Rely Only on Humans

Concerning Health IT Trends: What Can We Do and What Happens if We Do Nothing?

An App Supporting Ukrainian Amputees

Our playbook offers an in-depth exploration of the intersection of technology and senior care. Crafted with the expertise of senior living leaders and digital health professionals...

Transforming Care in Senior Living

OneStep's fall risk assessment technology proves to be a specific and sensitive tool that helps identify high risk patients and empowers proactive care.

Automating Fall Risk Assessment with OneStep: Intervene in Time

OneStep’s empowers patient care to transcend in-person visits with highly efficient remote care workflows.

Leveraging remote care to improve clinic efficiencies and relieve staffing challenges

Explore everything you need to know about Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM). Learn the basics, uncover the benefits, and discover practical uses...

Navigating the future of healthcare: Your roadmap to remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM)

Tracking Gait After Total Hip and Knee Arhroplasty

Combating the opioid crisis with gait analysis technology: How the Oswestry is correlated with Onestep’s objective gait data

The validity and reliability of the OneStep smartphone application under various gait conditions

Christensen JC et. al., J Orthop Surg Res. 2022 Sep 14;17(1):417

Spatiotemporal parameters from remote smartphone-based gait analysis are associated with lower extremity functional scale categories

Gabriela Rozanski, Andrew Delgado, David Putrino, 2023, 4:1189376

Smartphone-based inertial sensors technology - validation of a new application to measure gait metrics

Shema-Shiratzky S, Beer Y, Mor A, Elbaz A., Gait Posture. 2022 Mar;93:102-106

Using gait analysis to better understand patient impairments and create data-driven interventions

Three Important Gait Parameters that Correlate with Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

The Reliability and Validity of the OneStep Smartphone Application for Gait Analysis among Patients Undergoing Rehabilitation for Unilateral Lower Limb Disability

Marom P, Brik M, Agay N, et al. Sensors. 2024 Jun, 24(11).

Recording context matters: Differences in gait parameters collected by the OneStep smartphone application

Gabriela Rozanski, David Putrino, Clinical Biomechanics, Volume 99, 2022, 105755

OneStep's Walk Score Correlates with Functional Mobility Outcome Measures

Mastering Fall Prevention: Empowering Healthcare Facilities with OneStep's Innovative Solution

Facilitating Hybrid Care in your Practice: Driving Clinical & Economic Value

Smartphone Gait Analysis & its Application in Fall Prevention & Remote Therapeutic Monitoring

Master Precise Data Collection: Decoding the FY 2024 SNF Final Rule