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Motion & Gait Analysis Laboratory

Location:	1101 Welch Road, Suite C-10 Palo Alto, CA 94304
Mailing Address:	Motion & Gait Analysis Laboratory Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital 725 Welch Road Palo Alto, CA 94304
Contact Phone:	(650) 723-5308
Fax Number:	(650) 498-7167
Days and Hours:	Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm

The Motion & Gait Analysis Laboratory provides advanced diagnostic evaluations of:

Walking disorders, through gait analysis
Upper limb motion deficits, through upper limb analysis

These evaluations include:

Electromyographic (EMG) measures of muscle activity during movement
3-D kinematic measures of joint motion
Kinetic measures of the forces that act across the joints during walking
Postural balance to see how much the body sways while standing still
Energy expenditure (amount of energy used) during walking

The Motion & Gait Analysis Laboratory is one of a few select clinical motion analysis labs in California. We work with children and adults with walking problems and other movement disorders. Our patients come from the Bay Area, the United States and around the world.

The lab was established in 1978 and is part of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital’s Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services.

Motion Analysis Helps Guide Treatment Decisions

Gait and upper limb analyses are fundamental to the treatment of children and adults with orthopedic (bones and joints) and neuromuscular (nerve and muscle) disorders, such as cerebral palsy. The Motion & Gait Analysis Laboratory provides comprehensive patient reports for orthopedists, neurologists, physiatrists, pediatricians, podiatrists, physical therapists and other specialists.

We use state-of-the-art technology to identify movement problems and how severe they are. Motion analysis evaluations assist health care providers in making treatment decisions for medical treatments such as orthopedic surgery, physical therapy and orthotics.

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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000