Program: Gait Analysis In Cerebral Palsy Workshop - 11th February, 2011

8.00 am Registration
8.05 - 8.10 am Introduction – Why this Course?
8.10 - 8.30 am Why study Gait? The journey of an Orthopaedist from carpenter to engineer
8.30 - 8.45 am Phases of Gait
8.45 - 9.15 am Gait terminology : Rockers, couples, levers and all that jazz
9.15 - 9.45 am Physical examination in Cerebral palsy
  • GMFCS - Ashworth / Tardieu
  • Special tests (Thomas / Ely / Silfverskiold)
  • Alignment
  • Selective motor control
  • Strength testing
9.45 - 10.15 am Techniques of 2D Gait Analysis
10.15 - 10.45 am Coffee break
10.45 - 11.15 am Recognizing Gait patterns in cerebral palsy
11.15 - 12.00 pm Analysing gait on 2D video (Panel Discussion)
- Case presentations & discussion
12.00 - 12.30 pm 3DGA : A Walk through the Gait Lab
  • Basics of a Gait Lab : set-up, calibration
  • Marker placement
  • Force plates
  • Telemetric EMG
  • How is a gait study performed?
12.30 - 1.30 pm Understanding 3DGA
  • Kinematics
  • Kinetics : Moments & powers
  • EMG & muscle function
  • Interpreting the graphs
1.30 - 2.30 pm Lunch
2.30 - 3.30 pm Case studies in 3DGA (Panel Discussion)
3.30 - 5.00 pm Interventions for Gait pathologies in Cerebral palsy
  • Making treatment decisions based upon GMFCS
  • Orthosis
  • Botulinum Toxin
  • SEMLS
  • Management of Crouch
05.00pm Course end
Convenors :
  • Dr. Alaric Aroojis
    MBBS, MS (Ortho), D’Ortho, DNB (Ortho),
    Fellowship in Paed Ortho (USA, Singapore, Australia)
    Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
    Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India
  • Dr. Abhay Khot
    MBBS, MS, DNB, FRCS (Tr & Orth)
    Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
    Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Faculty :
  • Dr. Abhay Khot, Melbourne
  • Dr. James Hui, NUH, Singapore
  • Dr. Benjamin Joseph, Manipal
  • Dr. Dhiren Ganjwala, Ahmedabad
  • Dr. John Mukhopadhaya, Patna
  • Dr. Alaric Aroojis, Mumbai
  • Dr. Taral Nagda, Mumbai
  • Dr. Premal Naik, Ahmedabad
  • Dr. Sandeep Patwardhan, Pune
  • Dr. Vijay Sriram, Chennai