Kinetisense relies on a 3D camera, and nothing attached to your body, to record your range of motion and your balance. It gives a number to each movement and to how steady you stand.
You get this test only if your physician orders it. Our staff books it and keeps following up, visit after visit, until the result is in your chart.
What is Kinetisense?
You stand in front of a 3D camera and follow simple instructions. Nothing is attached to you.
Why would your physician order it?
After an injury, “I cannot move like I used to” is hard to prove or to track. Kinetisense records the reach of each motion, side to side and front to back, plus your steadiness on your feet. Repeating it shows whether you are truly getting better.
What does the test feel like?
You bend, turn, reach or stand on one leg when asked. Nothing touches you.
How do you get ready?
Wear fitted clothes that let you move.
What should you tell us first?
Let us know before the test if any of these apply to you:
- You cannot stand safely without support (we change the test to fit you)
How long does it take?
15 to 20 minutes.
What to remember
- Your movement becomes numbers.
- Wear fitted clothes you can move in.
- Repeat tests show progress.
Show us you have it: Point out the moves in the test that gave your injury the most trouble. If any part is unclear, ask us to go over it again; there is no limit on that.
Kinetisense is also part of our balance and fall-risk assessment, which matters most after a slip and fall.
Other tests in the program
- Nerve test of the arm (EMG/NCS)
- Nerve test of the leg (EMG/NCS)
- CMAT (CardioMetabolic Assessment Test)
- Cognivue
- RQ (resting metabolic rate)
- VNG (balance and dizziness test)
This page belongs to the Gateway Midwest physician-directed physiotherapy program. On Natural Bridge Road, the physician who examined you signs each order, and no treatment runs without a physician on site.
Hurt in an accident? Start here.
You do not need a lawyer, a police report or a referral to be seen. Bring your symptoms and we will work out the rest.
Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Same-day appointments are often available for new accident and injury patients.