{"588872":{"#nid":"588872","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"O\u0026P Research Supports Evidence-based Care","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENegotiating uneven ground can be challenging for people who use lower-limb prostheses to walk, so researchers spend time searching for solutions that will allow greater stability in these situations. Manufacturers of prosthetic feet have contributed to a solution by adding multiaxial features that better reproduce the behavior of human ankles, which can stiffen as the terrain warrants. However,\u003Cstrong\u003E School of Biological Sciences Senior Lecturer \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/lee-childers\u0022\u003EW. Lee Childers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E found that there was a lack of evidence evaluating the prosthetic ankle stiffness as it relates to the user\u0026rsquo;s dynamic balance and gait over uneven terrain. Thus, his continuing research focuses on defining the effect of multiaxial stiffness on gait stability among people with unilateral transtibial amputations....\u0026ldquo;The main focus of this work was to justify that it is a good thing for prosthetic feet to have multiaxial function,\u0026rdquo; Childers says, because if it can prevent falls among its users, its value is demonstrated to the payers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-03-16 15:01:44","changed_gmt":"2017-03-16 21:11:33","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"military aircraft","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.oandp.com\/articles\/2017-03_01.asp","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-03-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"588914":{"id":"588914","type":"image","title":"Lee Childers","body":null,"created":"1489694382","gmt_created":"2017-03-16 19:59:42","changed":"1505933534","gmt_changed":"2017-09-20 18:52:14","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224438","name":"W. Lee Childers.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/W.%20Lee%20Childers.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/W.%20Lee%20Childers.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":58114,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/W.%20Lee%20Childers.jpg?itok=bYzYx5b-"}}},"media_ids":["588914"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"173784","name":"W. Lee Childers"},{"id":"173785","name":"orthotics and prosthetics"},{"id":"173786","name":"masters of science in prosthetics and orthotics program"},{"id":"173787","name":"mops"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}