Gait matters
Walking speed is associated with survival in large older-adult cohorts; this is a population association, not individual causality.
Studenski et al., JAMA 2011 · PMID 21205966 ↗METHOD · EVIDENCE · TRAJECTORY
Measure today.
Compare tomorrow.
Mobility is measurable. KŌMØ combines complementary dimensions to create a clear baseline, identify functional vulnerabilities and follow change over time.
016 explorations
02≈20–25 min
0312 months Pulse
041 trajectory
Why the assessment matters.
An obvious limitation is not the only useful signal. Gait, strength, balance and sit-to-stand performance describe different aspects of function. Measuring them together creates a more informative baseline without claiming to predict an individual disease.
Strength matters
EWGSOP2 places low muscle strength at the core of sarcopenia identification.
Cruz-Jentoft et al., Age Ageing 2019 · PMID 30312372 ↗Balance matters
Balance impairment has been associated with increased fall risk in community-dwelling older adults.
Muir et al., J Clin Epidemiol 2010 · PMID 19744824 ↗Simple tasks matter
Chair-stand and other functional tests provide information about mobility and lower-limb function.
Mehmet et al., Disabil Rehabil 2020 · PMID 30907166 ↗Six explorations.
One interpretation.
Each exploration answers a different question. Open each page to see what is measured, why it matters and what the literature actually supports.
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Explore →Gait assessment
Gait assessment describes how you move: speed, cadence, step timing and other available parameters depending on the protocol. KŌMØ uses them as functional references, not isolated diagnoses.
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Explore →Functional tests
Standing up, stepping or covering a standardized distance requires strength, coordination, balance and confidence. Functional tests complement sensor data with directly understandable performance.
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Explore →Balance assessment
Balance depends on multiple systems and changes with age, sensory context and lower-limb function. KŌMØ focuses on a reproducible reference and clinically relevant asymmetries.
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Explore →Myodev/Myocare muscle analysis
The muscle component is produced by Myodev through Myocare. Pulse receives the available indicators and places them alongside gait, tests and context. KŌMØ does not recreate Myodev’s muscle algorithm.
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Explore →Posture assessment
Trunk and spinal alignment change with age and vary widely between individuals. KŌMØ uses posture as one assessment dimension, interpreted with function and clinical context — never as an automatic cause of pain.
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Explore →Pulse baseline
Pulse prepares the appointment by collecting what should not be discovered at the last minute: goals, reported mobility, pain, falls, activity, recovery and relevant history. These data explain the result; they do not mathematically “correct” it.
WHY MULTIPLE MEASURES?
One number
does not tell the whole story.
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Measure objectively
Turn an impression into comparable measurements.
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Separate dimensions
A difficulty may involve performance, balance, muscle control or context — and these are not interchangeable.
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Prioritize
The result aims for a few understandable priorities rather than a data dump.
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Compare over time
A standardized baseline becomes more useful when it can be repeated over time.
Visible science.
Limited claims.
KŌMØ separates established evidence, methodological choices and research questions. Functional measurements are not autonomous diagnoses or individual predictions.
Functional measures
Gait, strength, balance and functional tests are widely used to characterize function.
Bring them together
Combining these explorations into domains and a few priorities is a KŌMØ methodological choice.
Composite scores
Any KŌMØ composite score or age-equivalent remains a developing construct until published validation.
Your mobility deserves
a baseline.
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