Academy Announces 2024 Thranhardt Lecture Series Award Winners

Academy Announces Thranhardt Lecture Series Winners

Award Winning submissions will be featured at the
50th Academy Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium .

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FALLS CHURCH, VA—The American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy) is pleased to announce this year’s winners of the Thranhardt Lecture Series:

Response Probabilities of PLUS-M Scores for Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation.

Bretta L. Fylstra, PhD

The Prosthetic Limb Users Survey – Mobility (PLUS-M) is a self-report survey created to measure prosthetic mobility3. The resultant score is a T-score. Previous research has expanded the Interpretation of T-scores for various PROMIS measures through response probabilities4. This study aims to determine the response probabilities of PLUS-M using a similar approach.

Bretta is a Research Scientist within Clinical and Scientific Affairs as a part of the Hanger Institute for Clinical Research & Education.

Setting expectations for cranial remolding orthosis treatment based on changing rates of cranial vault asymmetry.

Jennifer A. Richards, MA, CPO

This study aimed to determine if there is a time during CRO treatment at which the rate of cranial vault asymmetry (CVA) correction slows enough that it becomes insignificant.

Jennifer Richards is a certified prosthetist orthotist working at the University of Michigan Orthotics and Prosthetics Center.

The Thranhardt Lecture Series Award was established in 1995 with a gift from J.E. Hanger in memory of Howard R. Thranhardt, CP. The award has become one of the most distinguished honors in the orthotics and prosthetics profession, annually recognizing individuals committed to advancing O&P clinical education and research.

Each year, the Academy Annual Meeting Clinical Content Committee selects two abstracts to be presented as part of the Thranhardt Lecture Series, and each winner receives a $500 honorarium. Thranhardt Lecture Series abstracts are also sent to the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics (JPO) Editorial Review Board for potential inclusion in a future issue of JPO and become courses on the Academy’s Paul E. Leimkuehler Online Learning Center.

“The Thranhardt Lecture winners are the best of show among all abstracts selected for inclusion at each year’s Academy Annual Meeting ,” said Mark Holowka, MSPO, CPO, FAAOP(D), president of the Academy. “On behalf of the Academy, I congratulate the winners and look forward to learning from their research during the 2024 Academy Annual Meeting in Chicago, March 6-9.”

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About the Academy

The Academy, founded in 1970, is the professional organization representing certified practitioners, state-licensed practitioners, assistants, technicians, fitters, and others affiliated with the profession of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P). It is dedicated to helping its members provide the highest level of professionalism and service to their patients. To learn more, please visit oandp.org.