The SHAP has been used successfully both in the University of Southampton (UK) and the University of Reading (UK) as a tool for investigating the movement strategies of unimpaired participants and patients using three-dimensional motion analysis. An analogue version of the SHAP timer was used to generate an event marker for these kinematic trials.

The SHAP has been used as a research development tool by Vanderbuilt Center for Intelligent Mechatronics, USA.

The SHAP has been used as an outcome measure by Professor Kevin Warwick following his cybernetic implant to assess for potential affected function.

The SHAP has been used to show improvement of Bionic Limbs by the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. This work was featured in New Scientist and as a peer-reviewed article in The Lancet.