The DMT (Deutschen Motorik Tests) investigate the current motor abilities, which are related to health and athletic physical activity, of children and youths. The aim of this work is the development of a suitable computer-controlled measuring station, which allows a simple and objective data collection of the performance of the kinesiology task of the balancing backward of the DMT. In this task, the child has to balance backward on three beams with different widths (6 cm, 4.5 cm and 3 cm) and a length of 3 m. The test starts on a board in front of the beam. The number of steps has to be counted till the subject touches the floor. The automated recording of measured values was investigated by various measuring methods, for example, acceleration, force sensors and gyroscopes . We propose a solution using the Kinect for Windows V2 for the data acquisition, which reduces personnel and time expenditure. We developed an algorithm to count the steps and to detect the floor contact, which leads to the end of the test.

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