Credit Hours
1.75 Scientific Credits
Learning Objectives
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Course Description
Free Papers: Lower Limb Prosthetics: Gait and Mobility Assessment (AM2025-FP06)
Markerless Motion Capture for Clinical Gait Analysis: Feasibility Study
Presenter: Anthony Cimorelli, III, CPO, MSPO – Certified Prosthetist Orthotist, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
To test the real-world application of our Multicamera Motion Capture system, we collected data at the 2024 AAOP meeting determine the feasibility of performing gait analysis on a large scale in a real world setting. Here we present results of this data collection as a feasibility study.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify what multicamera motion capture is and understand how it could be used clinically.
- Understand the background research that led to the development of our MMC system.
- Identify clinical applications for video based gait analysis in LLPUs.
Algorithm Development for Accelerometery-based Step & Wear Time Measurement in Lower Limb Prosthesis Users
Presenter: Stefania Fatone, PhD, BPO (Hons) – Professor, University of Washington
We aimed to develop algorithms to measure step count and prosthesis wear time in persons with transfemoral amputation using data from a single accelerometer.
Learning Objectives:
- Upon completion, participant will be able to understand the advantages of calculating multiple metrics with one sensor.
- Upon completion, participant will be able to describe steps taken to calculate step count and wear time from triaxial accelerometer data.
- Upon completion, participant will be able to describe limitations of data calculated by these algorithms.
Prosthetic Attention Among People with Lower Limb Bone-anchored Prostheses: A Pilot Study
Presenter: Cody L. McDonald, PhD, MPH, L/CPO – Assistant Professor, University of Washington
The results of a qualitative focus group study conducted with bone-anchored prosthesis users will be presented.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how lower limb prosthesis users experience changes in prosthetic attention with osseointegration and bone-anchored prosthesis use.
- Compare and contrast prosthetic attention for individuals who use socket-suspended prostheses to those who use bone-anchored prostheses.
- Discuss changes in prosthetic attention as a meaningful clinical outcome when considering candidacy for osseointegration.
Viability of a Horizontal Ladder Task as a Functional Test of Somatosensation in Lower Limb Prosthesis Users
Presenter: Katie Bricarell, M.S. – Graduate Student, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Reliable and valid tests of functional somatosensation are currently lacking. Such tests are needed to establish the effect of somatosensory loss on functional mobility, and the efficacy of interventions designed to restore sensation following amputation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a Horizontal Ladder Task (HLT) is a viable assessment of functional somatosensation to be used for clinical and rehabilitation research in lower limb prosthesis users.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of functional somatosensation on mobility for lower limb prosthesis users and the importance of reliable and valid assessment tools for clinical and rehabilitation research.
- Demonstrate the ability to administer and interpret the Horizontal Ladder Task (HLT) as an assessment of functional somatosensation.
- Analyze the implications of somatosensory loss on functional mobility and assess the efficacy of various interventions designed to restore sensation in lower limb prosthesis users.
Event Presenter(s)
Presenter Name(s)
- Glen Thompson, MS,CPO
- Matthew J. Major, PhD
- Toshiki Kobayashi, PhD
- Anthony Cimorelli, III, CPO, MSPO
- Stefania Fatone, PhD, BPO (Hons)
- Cody L. McDonald, PhD, MPH, L/CPO
- Katie Bricarell, M.S.
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