Gait Analysis  

Analyzing how people walk  

Reema Heydari, Wilson Perry, Hayden Shaffer, 

Alexis Bishop 
October 15, 2019 
STEM Senior Engineering  
 
 
 
 

 
 Table of Contents 
Introduction…..………………………………………………………………..2 

Hypothesis……………………………………………………………...…...…2 

Materials……………………………………………………………………......2 

Procedure…………………………………………………..………………..…2 

Data………………………………………………………………………………3 

Results…………………………………………………………………...………3 

Discussion………………………………………………………….……………4 

Conclusion……………………………………………..………………………..4 

Abstract…………………………………………………………. ……….……..4 

References………………………………………………………………………5 

Appendix………………………………………………………………………..5 

INTRODUCTION 

For this project we were assigned to study the walking patterns of our classmates and try 
to answer one question relating to a gait analysis. For this project we chose to try and 
figure out how height relates to how people walk. We will conduct this experiment by 

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measuring people’s body parts such as leg length, foot length, leg proportions, etc. We 
will also measure the g-force of walking to compare the force of peoples steps in relation 
to how tall they are.  

HYPOTHESIS 

We believe it’s possible to estimate a person’s height based on their gait data. We predict 
that people who are taller take longer strides and walk with more force.  

MATERIALS 

1. Tape measure 
2. Physics Toolbox App on phone 
3. Blue tape, duct tape 
4. Fanny pack 
5. People 

PROCEDURE/METHOD 

1. Measured out five meters with and lined it with tape  

2. Decided to figure out lengths of our bodies 
3. Measured out lengths and wrote down the data 
4. Taken the G-force of the stepping motion 
5. Analyze data 
6. Create a Gantt Chart 

DATA 

   Hayden  Reema   Alexis  Wilson 

Height  180cm  168cm  172cm  190cm 

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 Leg Length   109cm  96cm  97cm  108cm 

Shoe length   30.48cm  27cm  27cm  28.3cm 

Calf Length  57cm  50cm  54cm  55cm 

Knee to Hip  57cm  48cm  52cm  55cm 

Steps over 6  9,9,9  11,9,9  9.5,9.5,9.5  8,7,7 

meters  

Stride Length   57cm  42cm  46cm  55cm 

Actual Height  Predicted Height (based on stride length)  

180  185.25 
168  168 
172  172.6 
190  182.95 

Average residual: .0025 

RESULTS 

Our data seems to show that taller people have the longest stride length and take fewer 
steps than shorter people. Also, as you can tell from our graph, people who are taller 
tend to walk with more force than those shorter people. 

Height in relation to stride length: height= 1.15(stride length)+119.7 

Our equation estimates the height of a human by taking their stride length in cm, 
multiplying it by a factor of 1.15, and then adding 119.7 cm. This equation was found 
using  

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DISCUSSION 

Through this lab we found out that we can predict people's height based on their stride 
length. Using the equation we found, we can estimate someone's height based on their 
stride length. We also found that people who are taller tend to take longer strides. We 
found a correlation between stride length and found the slope for our equation. We also 
found that people who are taller walk with more force. If you were to look at our graphs 
below that analyze the force people walk with, you can tell that the taller people tested 
walk with more force. 

CONCLUSION/ABSTRACT 

Our data led us to conclude that taller people tend to take longer strides than shorter 
people. This was in line with our hypothesis, and we now can estimate the height of 
someone based on factors such as their stride length. This data might not accurately 
predict the height of others because we only had a sample size of four individuals, and 
the outcomes of our small data set might not reflect that of a larger population. The data 
does, however, allow us to generally assume the average height of someone with a 
certain stride length. We have calculated the variability of our predictions based on an 
equation we created for the line of best fit. This variability can be seen in the data 
section, where we put actual and predicted height based on stride length side by side.  

REFERENCES  

Robot with dynamic gait: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVNgtSnDQQ 

Robot that adjusts gait: ​https://youtu.be/rVlhMGQgDkY 

Mr. Tronconi’s website: ​https://sites.google.com/students.nusd.org/stemse/hom​e 

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APPENDIX 

Reema’s hip 

Reema’s quad 

Alexis’ hip 

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Alexis’ quad 

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Wilson’s quad 

Wilson’s hip 

Hayden Hip 

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Hayden quad

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