Systems and methods for heel-to-shin testing

A system for heel-to-shin testing, the system comprising:

• a patient interface configured to be attached to a shin of a patient, the patient interface comprising an elongated flexible substrate sized and configured to extend from a point on the shin adjacent the knee to a point on the shin adjacent the ankle, the patient interface including an elongated medial touch sensor configured to sense contact of a heel of the patient along a centerline of the shin at any axial position between the knee and the ankle and further configured to sense the axial position at which the contact occurs, the medial touch sensor being approximately 1 to 3 cm wide, the patient interface further including first and second elongated lateral touch sensors positioned to the left and right of the medial touch sensor, the lateral touch sensors being configured to sense contact of the heel when the heel deviates from the centerline of the shin;
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• a control module in electrical communication with the patient interface, the control module including a microcontroller, memory that stores an evaluation program configured for execution by the microcontroller, a user interface configured to receive user commands, and a display configured to communicate information about the testing to the user, wherein the control module is configured to count a number of times the patient's heel deviates from the centerline of the shin as the patient slides the heel down the shin and drags the heel up the shin, the control module further being configured to calculate a percentage of time or distance that the heel is or is not in contact with the centerline of the shin as the heel is slid down or dragged up the shin.