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