New Stanford app uses phone videos and AI to easily analyze human movement and transform medical research

Stanford researchers created OpenCap, a free app that uses phone videos and AI to analyze human movement and biomechanics in minutes.

OpenCap could enable larger studies on mobility and transform how clinicians assess disease risk and progression.

The app has already been used to gain new insights, like how hamstring muscles work differently during sprinting vs. constant running.

In the future, the app could be used as part of annual checkups to identify people at risk for conditions like osteoarthritis.

Over 2600 researchers worldwide are already using OpenCap to study topics that were previously time-consuming and expensive to research.