The new Pediatric Gait & Lab Motion Lab at Children's of Alabama opened on Thursday, Sept. 17. The lab is the first of its kind in a four-state region that includes Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Florida, and will provide access to unprecedented, comprehensive and cutting-edge clinical care. Through advanced technology, gait and motion analysis measures movement, muscle activity and force production to create a clear picture of a patient’s challenges and needs. Physicians and surgeons use the data acquired through the analysis in conjunction with imaging scans, the patient’s medical history and other evaluations to plan treatment and measure outcomes in children, teens and young adults with a wide variety of conditions including limb discrepancies, brain injury and complex movement disorders.