Abstracts for CMAS 2006 - available for download
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Session 1: Movement analysis beyond CP

The characteristics of gait in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease types I and II
Christopher J. Newman, Mike Walsh, Rory O’Sullivan, Ann Jenkinson, Damien Bennett, Bryan Lynch, Timothy O’Brien

An integrated approach to movement function
Gabor Barton

The kinematics of the upper limb: what indicates an improved reach-to-grasp movement?
Helen J Hill, Alan Sunderland& Paulette van Vliet

The Effect of Rigid Ankle Foot Orthoses on knee alignment during stance phase in early recovery from stroke
Paul Charlton, Neil McAndrew, Lynn Rochester, Penny Hewart

Session 2: Energy measurement in movement analysis - how, why and what?

Survey of energy measurement techniques and their use in the UK and Ireland
Penny Hewart, Pat Clements

A comparison of the Physiological Cost Index (PCI) and Total Heart Beat Index (THBI)
Helen Evans, Simon Mockett

Energy cost and energy consumption in spastic hemiplegia: do orthoses or surgery make a difference?
Julie Stebbins, Tim Theologis

Keynote / invited speakers

Gait analysis - the past, present and future
Richard Major

Which children with cerebral palsy will go off their feet – and why? A preliminary study
Presented by Penny Butler