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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of a smartphone application to measure spatiotemporal outcomes during level (primary) and uphill\/downhill (secondary) walking with and without an assistive device for older adults (OAs), Parkinson\u2019s Disease (PD) and cerebrovascular accident (CVA) populations. Methods: A total of 50 adults (OA = 20; PD = 15; CVA = 15) underwent gait analysis at self-selected gait speeds under 0-degree, 5-degree uphill and 5-degree downhill environments. The validity and reliability of the smartphone outcomes were compared to a motion-capture laboratory. Bland\u2013Altman analysis was used to evaluate limits of agreement between the two systems. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were used to determine absolute agreement, and Pearson correlation coefficients (r) were used to assess the strength of the association between the two systems. Results: For level walking, Bland\u2013Altman analysis revealed relatively equal estimations of spatiotemporal outcomes between systems for OAs without an assistive device and slight to mild under- and overestimations of outcomes between systems for PD and CVA with and without an assistive device. Moderate to very high correlations between systems (without an assistive device: OA r-range, 0.72\u20130.99; PD r-range, 0.87\u20130.97; CVA r-range, 0.56\u20130.99; with an assistive device: PD r-range, 0.35\u20130.98; CVA r-range, 0.50\u20130.99) were also observed. Poor to excellent ICCs for reliability between systems (without an assistive device: OA ICC range, 0.71\u20130.99; PD ICC range, 0.73\u20130.97; CVA ICC range, 0.56\u20130.99; with an assistive device: PD ICC range, 0.22\u20130.98; CVA ICC range, 0.44\u20130.99) were observed across all outcomes. Conclusions: This smartphone application can be clinically useful in detecting most spatiotemporal outcomes in various walking environments for older and diseased adults at risk for mobility loss.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s24175839","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,9]],"date-time":"2024-09-09T05:06:06Z","timestamp":1725858366000},"page":"5839","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Evaluation of Smartphone Technology on Spatiotemporal Gait in Older and Diseased Adult Populations"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Coby","family":"Contreras","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ethan C.","family":"Stanley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chanc","family":"Deschamps-Prescott","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susan","family":"Burnap","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Madison","family":"Hopkins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bennett","family":"Browning","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1444-203X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jesse C.","family":"Christensen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"230253","DOI":"10.1183\/16000617.0253-2023","article-title":"Gait differences between COPD and healthy controls: Systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"33","author":"Buekers","year":"2024","journal-title":"Eur. 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