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Busan Metropolitan City Launches “Free Gait Analysis Experience Zone” Service at Busan Children’s Grand Park

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it has installed and is operating the “Free Gait Analysis Experience Zone” at Busan Children’s Grand Park as part of the “Support Service Project for the Socially Vulnerable Using IoT-Based Smart Shoes,” and that full-scale service will begin on February 6.

The “Free Gait Analysis Experience Zone” was carried out as a detailed implementation project under the “Support Service Project for the Socially Vulnerable Using IoT-Based Smart Shoes,” which was selected for the Ministry of Science and ICT’s “2023 Smart Village Deployment and Expansion Project.”

The Smart Village Deployment and Expansion Project aims to address regional issues through digital innovation, strengthen local community competitiveness, and promote balanced regional development.

The “Free Gait Analysis Experience Zone” provides personalized healthcare information by analyzing each individual’s walking pattern, stride length, walking speed, and left-right balance.

Using smart shoes, a gait detection mat, and balance measurement equipment, the experience proceeds in the following order: static gait analysis, dynamic gait analysis, and guidance on analysis results. Simple explanations are also provided so that citizens can easily understand their gait characteristics.

Through this service, Busan Metropolitan City hopes citizens will have an opportunity to check their own walking condition and recognize the importance of gait health management in daily life, and expects that citizens will be able to directly experience and appreciate health management services utilizing smart technology.

Busan Metropolitan City first opened and operated the “Free Gait Analysis Experience Zone” in December 2024 at the Danurim Center Pocket Park in Sasang-gu, and relocated and reinstalled it in January 2026 at Busan Children’s Grand Park so that more citizens can use the service.

The facility’s exterior and internal equipment have been reorganized, and full-scale service is scheduled to begin on February 6.

The “Free Gait Analysis Experience Zone” operates from Wednesday to Sunday each week (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays), from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and any citizen interested in gait health management may use the service free of charge.

Meanwhile, the “Support Service Project for the Socially Vulnerable Using IoT-Based Smart Shoes” is a pilot service for 500 older adults aged 65 or above. It distributes smart shoes equipped with smart sensors capable of measuring gait (gyro sensor for gait analysis and GPS sensor for location information) and manages changes in gait patterns.

Through this service, if abnormal health signs are detected, notifications are provided in advance to guardians, and in cases of falls or wandering, guidance is delivered through the guardian’s mobile app along with location information, supporting older adults in maintaining safe daily lives.

Park Geun-rok, Director General of Administrative Management Bureau, stated, “The ‘Free Gait Analysis Experience Zone’ is a service whose stability has been verified through pilot testing, and we have strengthened accessibility and convenience so that any citizen can use it easily,” adding, “We will do our best to continuously expand gait data-based healthcare services so that they can provide practical help in preventing falls among older adults and managing everyday health.”