Utah Gait Lab @UtahGaitLab

We were excited to get notice of acceptance to both the 2024 Knee Society Meeting and American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Conference for our research studying UKA, TKA and THA physical recovery over the first year following surgery.

We were honored to host Drs. Shereef Elnahal (Under Secretary of Health), Pai (Executive Director of Rehabilitation and Prosthetics) and McArdle (Deputy Director of Rehabilitation and Prosthetics) for a Gait Lab tour during the 2024 National Veterans Golden Age Games.

Congrats to University of Utah undergraduate students Amishi Rohaj and Maddie Hopkins for receiving funding from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Nice job!

We were honored to spend time with the Paralyzed Veterans of America @PVA1946 this week and displayed our motor retraining program.

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Congrats to our newest postdoc Justin Losciale, DPT, PhD(c) for receiving the VA BRITE-IDEAS fellowship. We are delighted to have him onboard and excited to continue his research efforts.

Exploring innovative ways to use the lab for treatment based interventions for Veterans with lower limb amputation.

Research assistants Chelsey Wilbur and Chanc Deschamps-Prescott presented their research at the University of Utah's Undergraduate Research Symposium today. Congrats to both of them for all the hard work they have put into the lab!

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Congrats to research assistant Evan Oro whom was recently accepted to a Master's Degree program at the University of Texas at Austin, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. Best of luck my guy!

Congrats to research assistant Susan Burnap whom accepted a position in the Doctor of Physical Therapy and PhD program at the University of Minnesota. So excited for you!

Dr. Sinclair and team were excited to announce the funding of our prospective efficacy and safety of percutaneous osseointegrated prosthesis grant (VA Cooperative Studies Program).

Congrats to Chanc Deschamps-Prescott, undergraduate research assistant, for finishing 4th overall at the Taos Freeride World Qualifier. Go get it Chanc!!!

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We were honored to have the VA Rocky Mountain Network (VISN 19) Deputy Network Director visit the Gait Lab today. It was great to share the clinical research work we are doing.

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Congratulations to our research intern Coby Contreras as he recently accepted a Sports Residency Physical Therapy position at The Ohio State University. Good luck Coby!

We were excited to have our Brigham Young University nursing students in the lab today to showcase how physical therapy and nursing can work together to improve patient care.

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Excited to have our team present another poster (Ortho Section) entitled, "Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Patients Recover More like Total Hip Patients Than Total Knee Patients" at the APTA Combined Section Meeting in Boston, MA.

Our team was excited to present one of our posters (Federal Section) entitled, "Veteran’s Preoperative Lower Limb Strength Predicts Postoperative Function Following Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty" at the APTA Combined Sections Meeting in Boston, MA.

Great to meet up with friends and colleagues at the University of Utah Alumni Social at the Omni Boston Hotel.

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Great first day at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting in Boston. Completed our Education Session in the Orthopedic Section entitled, "From Rehabilitation to Recreation: Physical Activity to Support Living and Aging With Chronic Health Conditions"

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We were happy to welcome the national OIT Health Service Portfolio team to the Gait Lab today to learn the clinical research work that we are conducting.

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We were honored to have Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, to Salt Lake City to tour our lab and discuss future direction of the clinical and research operations we are conducting.

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