THE 2ND ANNUAL ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1996

The second annual Orthopaedic Research Symposium was held at the Alfred I. duPont Institute in Wilmington, Delaware on June 21,1996. The Orthopaedic Department of the Alfred I. duPont Institute is dedicated to continuing education and research. The most current concepts in both clinical and basic science research were presented. All abstracts have been published with access to them provided below and are categorized according to topic.

Clinical Presentations:

Basic Science Presentations:

CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS:

Spine:

Abraham - Spinal fusions to the Pelvis for Scoliosis in Ambulatory Cerebral Palsy Patients.

Harter - Posterior Spinal Fusion With Instrumentation in Jehovah's Witnesses.

Abdel-Motaal - Scoliosis in Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita: Results Following Fusion.

Sulaiman - A Study of Progress of Scoliosis With Hemivertebrae.

Albract - Spondylolysis / Spondlylolisthesis: Current Non-Operative Treatment.

Hip:

Bogdan - New Recommendations for the Management of Hip Dysplasia Associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Homma - The Remodeling of Femoral Head Deformity After Primary Healing in Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease.

Lipton - Sonographic Observations in Positive and Negative Hips With Congenital Dislocations.

Harcke - Treating Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: A Cost Analysis.

Lower Extremities:

Ger - Congenital Pseudoarthrosis of theTibia: A Plea for Late Surgery.

Flynn - An Independant Assesment of Two Clubfoot Classifications.

Kelleher - Lower Extremity Alignment in Achondroplasia.

Odgers - Double Tarsal Coalition: A Rare Entity.

Miscellaneous:

Boyea - Follow-up Study for Non-operative Treatment of Madelung's Deformity.

Guttman - Arthroscopic Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Capitellum.

Beck - Ganglion Cyst Causing Compression of the Common Peroneal Nerve.

BASIC SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Gait

Castagno - Reliability of Foot Pressure Measurements In Clinical Gait Analysis.

Lennon - Variability of Energy Consumption Measures in Children with Cerebral Palsy.

Quigley - Reliability of Kinematics During Clinical Gait Analysis: A Comparison Between Normal and Children with Cerebral Palsy.

Sun - Neural Network Modeling of Pre and Post-Operative Gait Patterns of Children with Cerebral Palsy Undergoing Rectus Transfer Surgery.

Duan - Modeling Human Gait with Time Varying Joint Stiffness.

Hudson - Determining the Efficacy of Therapeutic Proccedures and Orthotics on Controlling Excessive Pronation of the Subtalar Joint.

Human Movement

Fee - The effect of Vertical Motion on Subjects with Cerebral Palsy: Preliminary Results.

Xu - Some Control Strategies for Tremor Suppression.

Westcott - Differences in the Use of Sensory Interaction for Maintenance of Standing Balance in Children with Motor Disabilities.

Zaino - Reliability of an Electromyographic Measurement of Postural Stability During Reaching in People with and without Cerebral Palsy: Preliminary Results.

Biomechanical Testing

Roth - Failure Properties of Suture Anchors in Anterior Shoulder Repairs.

Reinhardt - In-Vitro Performance of Composite Hip Prostheses Made by resin Transfer Molding.

Ribble - Stresses in the Developing Proximal Femur.


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