For the past ten years, the staff of the Center for Motion Analysis has offered a three to five day instructional course on gait analysis entitled "Clinical Gait Analysis: A Focus on Interpretation" with staff from the Motion Laboratory at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, Minnesota.

This course has provided participants with a background in gait analysis methods and normal gait with a focus on the interpretation and discussion of case examples. Clinical examples have involved children with neuromuscular disorders such as cerebral palsy. This three day course has been attended by orthopaedists, kinesiologists, physical therapists, technicians and engineers responsible for the collection and interpretation of gait analysis data. The objectives of the course were to

• to develop a basic understanding of the components of computer-based gait analysis and algorithms used for data reduction;
• to gain an appreciation for the limitations and potential sources of error in clinical gait analysis;
• to develop an understanding of normal gait with respect to the parameters collected in computerized gait analysis;
• to demonstrate and perform the components of a protocol used for clinical gait analysis; &
• to develop the skills of gait analysis data interpretation and corresponding clinical decision-making in patients with neuromuscular disorders.

This course was offered at

• Newington Children's Hospital, Newington, Connecticut, October, 1990
• Newington Children's Hospital, Newington, Connecticut, April, 1991
• Gillette Children's Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, April, 1992
• Newington Children's Hospital, Newington, Connecticut, April, 1993
• Gillette Children's Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, April, 1994
• Newington Children's Hospital, Newington, Connecticut, April, 1995
• The Roessingh Research and Development Center, Enschede, The Netherlands, October, 1995
• Gillette Children's Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, March, 1996
• The Central Remedial Clinic, Dublin, Ireland, September, 1996
• Connecticut Children's Medical Center (formerly Newington Children's Hospital), Hartford, Connecticut, April, 1997
• Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, February, 1998
• Gillette Children's Speciality Health Care (formerly Gillette Children's Hospital), St. Paul, Minnesota, March, 1998
• Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sept 1998
• Fundacion Hospital Ortopedico Infantil, Caracas, Venezuela, November 1998
• Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, April 1999
• St. Iftung Orthopadische Universitatsklinik Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Sept 1999
• Gillette Children's Specialty Health Care, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 2000
• Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, May 2000
• Marina Plaza Hotel, Helsingborg, Sweden, September 2000
• Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, April 2001
• Gillette Children's Specialty Health Care, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 2002
• ESMAC, Leuven, Belgium, September 2002
• Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, April 2003
• Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, June 2003
  

Also over the past several years, the staff of the Center for Motion Analysis has been involved in the offering of workshops pertaining to clinical gait analysis and related topics at the annual meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM)

• San Francisco, California, October, 1989:
  Fundamentals of Human Walking and Its Pathophysiology in Cerebral Palsy
• Orlando, Florida, October, 1990:
  Utilization of Gait Analysis for Clinical Decision Making in Cerebral Palsy
• Louisville, Kentucky, October, 1991:
  The Fundamentals of Normal Walking and Pathological Gait
  The Utilization of Gait Analysis for the Clinical Decision-Making in Cerebral Palsy
  Interactive Workshop on the Analysis of Gait
  Moments and Powers in Clinical Gait Analysis
• San Diego, California, October, 1992:
  The Fundamentals of Normal Walking and Pathological Gait
  The Utilization of Gait Analysis for the Clinical Decision Making in Cerebral Palsy
  Moments and Powers in Clinical Gait Analysis
  Interactive Workshop on the Analysis of Pathological Gait
  Orthotics for Ambulation in Paraplegia
• Nashville, Tennessee, October, 1993:
  The Application of Joint Kinetics in Clinical Gait Analysis
  Interactive Workshop on the Analysis of Pathological Gait
• New Orleans, Louisiana, September, 1994:
  The Fundamentals of Normal Walking and Pathological Gait
  The Application of Joint Kinetics in Clinical Gait Analysis
  Interactive Workshop on the Analysis of Pathological Gait
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September, 1995:
  Clinical Gait Analysis - Normal & Pathological Gait
  Typical Gait Patterns & Treatments of the Child with Cerebral Palsy Spastic Hemiplegia
  Interactive Workshop on the Analysis of Pathological Gait
• Minneapolis, Minnesota, September, 1996:
  Interpretation Guides for Gait Data: Joint Kinematics and Kinetics
• Portland, Oregon, September, 1997:
  Interpretation Guides for Gait Data: Joint Kinematics and Kinetics
  Management of the Foot and Ankle in Patients with Cerebral Palsy
• San Antonio, Texas, September, 1998:
  Interpretation Guides for Gait Data: Joint Kinematics and Kinetics
  Management of the Foot and Ankle in Patients with Cerebral Palsy
• Washington, DC, September, 1999:
  Interpretation Guides for Gait Data: Joint Kinematics and Kinetics
• Toronto, Canada, September, 2000:
  Interpretation Guides for Gait Data: Joint Kinematics and Kinetics
• Montreal, Canada, September, 2003:
  Using Joint Kinetics as a Tool for Treatment Decision-making

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

Cerebral Palsy II. Gait Analysis - Principles and Applications

• Washington, DC, February, 1992
• Washington, D.C., February, 1993
• New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1994
• Orlando, Florida, February, 1995

Other Courses -
Gait Analysis in Childhood. The University of London, The Institute of Child Health, Department of Neurology and Developmental Pediatrics, London, England, February, 1990.

Gait Analysis in the Pediatric Population. American Physical Therapy Association Meeting, Albany, New York, May, 1990.

Part I: Normal Gait: Kinematics, Kinetics and Muscle Activity, Part II: Pathological Gait. University of Rhode Island, Department of Physical Therapy, Kingston, Rhode Island, April, 1992.

Clinical Gait Analysis: Data Interpretation. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Tutorial. Newington Children's Hospital, Newington, Connecticut, November, 1992.

Clinical Biomechanics, a semester-long course in the Newington Orthotics and Prosthetics Certificate Program, offered through the School of Allied Health, University of Connecticut, Fall, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, & 1999.

Management of Cerebral Palsy: The Team Approach to Improving Function, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, May 1998.

Interpretation of Gait Analysis Data for Informed Treatment Decision-making and Evaluation, Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society, Rochester, MN, April 2000.