Performance Testing
How you move can provide valuable information about your performance, rehabilitation, and overall function. dorsaVi performance testing provides objective movement data during exercise and sport, helping you and your physical therapist identify movement patterns, strengths, imbalances, and opportunities for improvement.
dorsaVi performance testing is currently available at Iowa Ortho’s Waukee clinic with Carter Trager, DPT.
What Is dorsaVi Performance Testing?
dorsaVi is a movement analysis technology that uses small, lightweight wearable sensors to collect data as you perform specific exercises or sport-related movements.
Instead of relying on observation alone, dorsaVi provides objective, real-time information about how your body moves. Your physical therapist can use these findings alongside your goals, symptoms, and clinical evaluation to provide individualized guidance for performance, rehabilitation, and return to activity.
How Does dorsaVi Performance Testing Work?
dorsaVi testing is tailored to your individual needs and goals.
- Wear the Sensors
Lightweight sensors are placed on your body to measure movement as you exercise. - Complete Your Assessment
You perform selected movements or activities based on your needs and goals. - Review Your Movement Data
The sensors collect detailed movement information in real time, providing objective insights into areas such as movement patterns, symmetry, stability, and athletic performance. - Put Your Results Into Action
Your physical therapist reviews the findings with you and uses the information to help identify areas of focus, provide personalized recommendations, and track changes over time.
What Can dorsaVi Measure?
Depending on the type of assessment, dorsaVi performance testing can provide objective information about:
- Core stability
- Lower-limb function
- Movement symmetry
- Running speed
- Ground reaction force
- Ground contact time
- Cadence
- Acceleration and deceleration
Movement assessments may include exercises such as planks, side planks, double-leg and single-leg squats, single-leg hops, ankle lunges, and acceleration and deceleration movements.
The specific movements and measurements included in your assessment will depend on your individual needs, activity, and goals.
dorsaVi Running Assessments
For runners, dorsaVi can provide real-time information about running mechanics without requiring a specialized gait lab. Wearable sensors collect data as you run, giving your physical therapist objective information that can complement a traditional movement evaluation.
A running assessment may provide information about:
- Speed
- Cadence
- Movement symmetry
- Ground reaction force
- Ground contact time
- Acceleration and deceleration
Testing can also help evaluate how changes in factors such as speed, gradient, footwear, running surface, and technique affect your movement.
Whether you are training toward a new goal, returning to running after an injury, or simply interested in learning more about your mechanics, this data can help guide more individualized recommendations.
Who Can Benefit From dorsaVi Performance Testing?
dorsaVi testing may be helpful for a wide range of active individuals, including:
- Runners interested in learning more about their running mechanics
- Student-athletes working toward performance goals
- Recreational and competitive athletes
- Athletes progressing through rehabilitation
- Athletes preparing to return to sport after an injury
- Active adults interested in objective feedback about their movement and technique
Your physical therapist can help determine which type of assessment is most appropriate for your needs.
Turn Movement Data Into Action
Movement can be difficult to evaluate through observation alone. dorsaVi gives you and your physical therapist measurable information that can provide a clearer picture of how your body performs specific movements.
Your results may help you and your care team:
- Identify movement strengths and imbalances
- Recognize opportunities to improve movement or technique
- Receive objective feedback to complement clinical evaluation
- Make more informed rehabilitation and return-to-sport decisions
- Track changes using measurable data
- Develop recommendations based on your individual movement patterns and goals
By combining objective movement data with your physical therapist’s expertise, dorsaVi can help make your assessment more personalized and support informed decisions about your care and activity goals.
dorsaVi Performance Testing at Iowa Ortho in Waukee
dorsaVi performance testing is currently offered at Iowa Ortho’s Waukee clinic, where Carter provides dorsaVi movement assessments for athletes, runners, and active adults.
Ready to See What Your Movement Can Tell You?
Learn more about dorsaVi Performance Testing and how it can support your movement, performance, or rehabilitation goals. Please call (515) 247-8400 or use the button below to schedule your appointment in Waukee today.