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  • Clinical Gait Analysis  - a dynamic functional evaluation for surgical and non-surgical treatment planning for walking dysfunctions.

  • Clinical Upper Extremity Analysis - a dynamic functional evaluation for treatment planning for hand/arm/shoulder dysfunctions .

  • Functional Capacity Evaluation - a reliable determination of an individual's physical capacity in relation to essential job demands.

  • Post-Offer, Pre-employment Evaluation - an objective comparison of an applicants abilities with job-specific physical demands. Service can include onsite ergonomic assessment to develop customized ADA compliant job descriptions for employers.

  • Sports Skill Assessment - (coming in 2008) offered through sport expert partners, a detailed evaluation of technique and body mechanics to aid in training, development and injury prevention.
 

Using Motion-Capture Technology in Medicine

Improved treatment quality for neuromuscular or orthopaedic problems is available with the help of the Motion Analysis Laboratory.  This state-of-the-art mobile technology is reserved not only for Hollywood movies and gaming, professional athletes, the aviation industry, or high-tech businesses, but is also within reach of local physicians and therapists to better serve their pediatric and adult patient populations.   

    Using evidenced-based practice and cutting edge motion-capture technology, physical therapist movement specialists, bioengineers, and the medical director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory evaluate movement disorders and create specific intervention regimens to improve function. 

By synthesizing large amounts of data obtained from kinematics (the study of movement), kinetics (the forces responsible for movement), and electromyography (the muscle activity related to movement) clinicians create a complex picture using the laboratory's motion-capture cameras paired with comprehensive musculoskeletal and neuromuscular evaluation techniques.  The 2 to 3-hour long evaluation sessions consist of the most comprehensive services available to gather the evidence needed to discern the causes and compensatory strategies for a movement disorder and how to treat it.  

To see how we can help you and your patients, please call (804) 228-5824 to request sample reports for the conditions below.  

Featuring:

    Full-Body Gait Analysis

    Upper Limb and Hand Analysis of the Head-Arms-Trunk (HAT)

    Rehabilitation, Surgical, Pharmacologic & Orthotic Planning for Pediatrics & Adults with

  •       Cerebral Palsy (with spasticity, dystonia, athetosis, ataxia)

  •       Traumatic Brain Injury

  •       Spina Bifida

  •       Stroke

  •       Amputation

  •       Neurologic Movement Disorders

  •       Parkinsons Disease (with rigidity)

  •       Dystonia

  •       Brain Tumors

  •       Orthopaedic Disorders

  •       Torticollis

  •       Sacro-Iliac Joint or Pelvic Dysfunction

  •       Congenital Conditions

  •       Spinal Cord Injury

  •       Brachial Plexus Injury

  •       Arthrogryposis

  •       Psychogenic Movement Disorders