GCMAS is offering the following tutorial sessions on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018. These sessions will provide insight into clinical and technical questions that are of particular interest to the society. In addition, two pre-conference workshops are being offered by Elsevier’s Gait and Posture Editorial Board.
- Tutorial #1 – Tuesday, May 22nd 8-9:30 am
- Gait and Posture Authors’ Workshop*
- Gait and Posture’s Editor-in-Chief, Thomas Dreher
- Deputy Editor, Julie Stebbins
- Senior Publisher from Elsevier, Tanya Wheatley
Purpose: Are you an early-career researcher interested in publishing your work in Gait and Posture? If so, please attend this workshop which will take you through the manuscript submission, review, publication and post-publication process and which will allow you to ask any questions you may have. Topics covered will include preparation of the article; authors’ rights and responsibilities; getting your paper noticed; open access; and bibliometrics including the Impact Factor.
*This workshop will be offered free of charge to GCMAS Conference Delegates. Max 40 attendees
- Tutorial #2 – Tuesday, May 22nd 10-11:30 am
- Gait and Posture Reviewers’ Workshop*
- Gait and Posture’s Editor-in-Chief, Thomas Dreher
- Deputy Editor, Julie Stebbins Senior Publisher from Elsevier, Tanya Wheatley
Purpose: Are you interested in becoming a vital part of the publication process and in receiving early access to as-yet unpublished work? If so, please do come along to this workshop and learn how to review submitted manuscripts and how you can become a reviewer for Gait and Posture.
*This workshop will be offered free of charge to GCMAS Conference Delegates. Max 40 attendees
- Tutorial #3 – Tuesday, May 22nd 12-2 pm
- An Overview of Lower-Limb Prosthetic Components and Their Effect on Gait
- Steven Gard, PhD
- Rebecca Stine, MS
Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial is to describe the features and functions of different commercially-available lower-limb prosthetic components with particular emphasis on how they affect gait biomechanics.
- Tutorial #4 – Tuesday, May 22nd 2-4 pm
- Sports Motion Analysis: Assessing Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Knee Injury Risk
- Christopher Powers, PhD, PT
- Mia Katzel, PT, DPT
- Kyle Chadwick, MS
- Tishya Wren, PhD
Purpose: To introduce a method to identify movement impairments during sport specific tasks that may increase the risk for lower extremity injury, particularly knee and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Methodologies will be presented for both 3D assessment in a traditional motion analysis laboratory and more “clinic friendly” 2D assessment.
