PrototypePrototype — scores are not yet calibrated. The cut-offs are placeholders, so treat any score here as a rough guide.
Walk score
Have someone film a short clip of you walking past, from the side. This page checks it against the four questions of the protocol and gives you a score out of 8, plus the lesson to work on next.
This is a self-check, not a diagnosis. It looks only at your walking technique and says nothing about your health.
How to film
You need a helper for this. Read these steps before you start.
- Have someone else hold the phone. Don't film yourself.
- The walker starts about 4 to 5 steps off to the right or left of the person holding the phone, so they will walk across in front of the camera.
- The filmer starts recording and holds the phone still, filming just as the walker passes by. Do not follow the walker or turn the phone to keep up with them.
- After the video is analyzed, scroll down to the clip the tool used (the one with the lines drawn on it). Check that it really is a true side view, taken directly from the side. Sometimes the tool picks a moment that isn't truly from the side. If it isn't, try again.
A few more tips
- Turn the phone sideways (landscape) and hold it at about hip height.
- The filmer stands about 3 to 4 meters (10 to 13 feet) from the line the walker will walk.
- Make sure the whole body, head to feet, fits in the frame.
- Walk in a straight line at your easy walk pace, and keep going until you are out of the frame. You need at least 4 steps in view.
- A fitted top helps the camera see your chest and shoulders.
Your clip
Your video stays on your phone. It is processed right here in your browser and is never uploaded. (The pose-tracking library is loaded from Google's servers and may send them anonymous usage statistics, never your video.)
Reading your walk…
Loading the pose model…
While that runs, one question: did your breathing stay low and easy, with your shoulders quiet?
The camera can't see your breathing, so this check is your own answer.
PrototypePrototype — scores are not yet calibrated.
Your score
The lines show what the camera tracked on one step of your clip. Check that this is a true side view, taken directly from the side. Sometimes the tool picks a moment that isn't truly from the side. If it isn't, try again.
WWP walk score is an educational self-check for walking technique. It is not a medical assessment or diagnosis. Stop if you have pain and talk to your doctor. Your result can change with tiredness, shoes and the ground, so compare clips filmed the same way.
Debug: raw numbers
Measured values per check, the thresholds in use, and how the clip was read. Compare these with what you see in the clip to tune the cut-offs (all in the CONFIG object in /assets/walk-score-core.js).
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