The American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
35th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium 2009
March 4-7, 2009 - Atlanta, GA
Experience Exceptional O&P Education

As of 11/1/2008

Symposia

Time	Program Code	Thursday, March 5
2:40 PM - 4:10 PM	S1	Symposia Microprocessor Prosthetic Knees: The Changing Face of Research Brian Hafner, PhD Over the last 15 years, microprocessor controlled prosthetic knees have been the focus of many different research studies. Through such research, we have learned much about how these components influence a user's ability to ambulate. More recently, researchers have started to change the way in which these components are evaluated. This session will examine this shift in research philosophy and design, and its implications for future research.
Time	Program Code	Friday, March 6
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	S2	Symposia Targeted Muscle Reinnervation & Emerging Upper Limb Prosthetic Technologies Laura Miller, PhD, CP, Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD, Doug Smith, MD With support from both DARPA and the NIH, learn more about a revolutionary surgical technique with exciting prosthetic advances aimed at allowing better control of an externally powered upper limb prosthesis. The panel will report on additional control signals this technique creates for the transhumeral and shoulder disarticulation level amputee, and ways in which improved prosthetic performance is quantified. Future advances in upper limb protheses control and componentry will also be discussed.
1:35 PM - 3:05 PM	S3	Symposia New Approaches for Functional Electrical Stimulation: What Orthotists Need to Know Deanna Fish, MS, CPO, FAAOP, Keith McBride, MPT, DPT Therapeutic Electric Stimulation (TES) has been around for a long time with a lot of research and data on outcomes and evidence. More recently orthotic intervention utilizing Functional Electric Stimulation (FES) has become an option for practitioners treating patients with Upper Motor Neuron Drop Foot. This session will review the science behind FES as well as discuss the indications, clinical research, evidence, and outcomes using FES.