American Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists

Officers

Mission Statement

The Gait Society's mission is to promote gait analysis as a method for advanced clinical care and research and to further educate orthotists, prosthetists and other medical professionals about the analysis and treatment of gait disorders in order to improve the functional abilities of physically challenged individuals in our community.

Gait Society Goals

The Gait Society's goal is to serve as an educational resource for the O community by offering articles, seminars, and/or instructional courses on topics of interest involving gait. Topics of interest include the following:

• Current research findings
• Clinical gait analysis techniques such as clinical gait evaluation
• Outcome measures
• Gait development
• Specific gait abnormalities

By educating our members on these topics, we hope to meet the increasing need for evidence-based practice in the evaluation of gait.

Please feel free to contact us with questions or suggestions. There is no better way to be involved than to get involved. Contact Teri Chou or Sue Ewers if you are interested in getting involved, contributing to the newsletter or with questions or comments. You can also direct inquiries to Andrew at the Academy - afrancis@oandp.org.

Gait Society Resources

NEW! Gait Society Networking Website

Visit the Gait Society Networking website for additional resources including forums, networking opportunities, image and video hosting and more! This site is destined to be ground zero for gait professionals. Check it out! Access to the site is part of membership in the Gait Society. http://gait-society.ning.com/

See the Gait Society Member list here

See the Gait Society Reference Library here

The Bipedal Exchange - the Gait Society Newsletter.

Current Issue:

The Bipedal Exchange the Gait Society Newsletter, July 2009

Past Issues:

Download a past issue of the Bipedial Exchange, Gait Society Newsletter,
January, 2009
July, 2008
August, 2007

Society Membership Application

If you are an existing member of the Academy, you can join a society by using the Society Membership Application, which is available as an Adobe PDF file. You will need the Adobe Acrobat plugin to view or print the application. If you do not already have the plugin, you can download it free of charge from the Adobe web site. Adobe Acrobat.

View or print the Society Membership Application (PDF format)