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The Ten Meter Walking Test (10MWT) has been widely used in rehabilitation literature as an indicator of physical decline and other health-related outcomes. With an increasing senior population, it is important to analyze and estimate physical limitations in older people to prevent falls and their consequences, not only for the individual's benefit but also for their social environment and the sustainability of public health-care systems. The 10MWT as measured today gives only values of speed. This paper introduces the sensing capabilities of the i-Walker and its use in measuring the 10MWT. The volunteers in this study are a subset the participants in the pilots installed during the I-DONT FALL EU funded project. This paper also proposes a Machine Learning method for analyzing individuals' walking ability and risk of falling by using an instrumented smart walker: the i-Walker.
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