Gait Analysis Report 

Patterns of how people walk 

Vivan Leida, Chloe Obert, & Holly Jossart 

10.15.2019 
Senior Engineering 
 

 
ABSTRACT SUMMARY 

For our gait analysis project, our assignment was to calculate data on different 
people and their manner of walking. Our group tested a total of four people on their gait, 
three girls and one guy. We first started off only calculating the three girls in our group, 
but we decided to add a guy to vary out results.   

We used an acceleration app on our phones that we taped to each of our lower 
backs. This app analyzed every step we took by seeing if we sway our hips when we 
walked, turned our feet in our outwards, if we had a bounce in our step, or if we put 
most of our weight either on our toes or heels.  

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1. Introduction 
2. Method 
3. Results & Discussion 
a. Chloe 
b. Adam 
c. Vivian 
d. Holly 
4. Limitations 
5. Conclusion 

INTRODUCTION 

For this project we were given a main goal to explore and compare the way 
people walk. This is known as there gait. A gait is a person’s manner of walking. To begin 
our project we started phase one by learning more and analyzing what exactly made 
people’s walk different from one another. 

We started part one by answering a variety of questions. These questions asked us 
about how we walk, factors that make us walk different, recognizing people’s walk, and 
4what parts you could visually see. Then we learned different definitions for the factors 
that add into the gait. Last we set a list of everything we would need to do in order to 
successfully analyze our walk.  

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 We downloaded an app measuring acceleration, made a spreadsheet to input 
data, and began to set up our experiment. Once we had gathered all our data and input 
our information we were all set to make our graphs and analyze our data. We began our 
analysis with this overarching question: How can height affect gait? 

METHOD 

In Order to gather data we needed to make plan on certain things to be measured. 

We started by creating a spreadsheet that had everything we wanted to take down listed 
out. This sheet included name, sex, leg length, height, which foot they arted with, step 
number, Whether they were walking or running, nad how many seocnds of data we 
took. After we made this we started to collect all this data starting with their 
measurements. After we had done that we would tape a phone to their back and have 
them walk to measure acceleration. We repeated this for four different subjects all of 
different height and sex. 

RESULTS & DISCUSSION  

The data that we obtained was mainly based around graphs that were made to 
compare the acceleration of each test subject. We had a pretty good range of heights 
going from five foot four to six foot three. We got a total of twelve different graphs and 
compared them to see the differences. We also found a difference in step number in the 
same amount of time. Uncertainties could be shown through the acceleration. Some of 
the numbers could be based on a time frame when we were not walking.  

Chloe- Chloe’s Results are below. We found that Chloe is 64.5 inches and take about 16 
steps and goes 220 inches in ten seconds. 

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These results show that Chloe takes an average step length of 13.75 inches. We 
used this data along with other people’s numbers to predict our model for the 
final project. 

Adam- Adam’s results are below. We found that adam was 75 inches tall. He also 
take about 11 steps in ten seconds while walking 295 inches. 

   

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From this data we gathered that Adam takes an average of 26 inch strides when 
he walks. 

Vivian- Below are Vivian’s results. We found in our data that Vivian is 68 inches 
tall and takes 13 steps in ten seconds. In thats ten seconds she walked 235 inches. 

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 From our data we found that Vivian averages at an 18 inch stride length. 

Holly- Holly’s data is below. Holly is also 68 inches tall and she took 14 steps and 
walked 230 inches in ten seconds. 

   

From this data we found that holly takes an average stride length of 16.5 inches. 

MODEL  

For our model we decided to take our four data points and construct a graph that 

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would use height and stride length to find a common equation. Through this graph we 
would be able to find a line of best fit and be able to predict height based on stride length 
or vice versa. Below is our graph showing our line and our equation above to calculate. 

Through this model you should be able to see and predict these two factors in people’s 
gaits. 

LIMITATIONS  

There are certain limitations to our model that factored in at different times. One 
of the more prominent limitations for us was the amount of data points we ended up 
with. If we had to do the project all over again we would use more of our time to gather 
data and create a more reliable way of predicting. Another limitation for us was human 
error or accuracy. With any project where you are hand measuring errors in distance of 
walk our height may occur. This impacts our data when we go to use our equation to 
predict someone's measurements.  

CONCLUSION 

In conclusion, there are always things that could be improved with projects. We 

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did the best with the time given and the instructions given. Overall our project was a 
success and we got to an end goal that we had gone out to achieve. Different steps could 
have been taken for a better outcome, but we were happy with our final product! 

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