_Colleagues and Friends,
The University of Washington has been funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to develop a new measure of mobility for persons who use lower limb prostheses to be called the Prosthetic Limb Users Survey (PLUS). Existing measures of prosthetic outcomes have serious shortcomings including considerable floor and/or ceiling effects and no solid evidence that the scores are responsive to clinically meaningful changes. As you can imagine, it takes a considerable amount of work to develop a new outcome measure that will provide valid, clinically-meaningful scores that are sensitive to change, yet are brief and easy to administer. Most importantly it cannot be accomplished without the assistance of prosthetists, physicians, and persons who use lower limb prostheses!
As one step in the development process, UW researchers need volunteers who use lower limb prostheses to fill out an online survey about themselves, their health, and things that they can do with their prosthesis. However, more importantly, we need your help to let persons with lower limb amputation know about this survey ( www.mobilitysurvey.org). To let persons with lower limb amputation know about the survey, we have developed informational posters, flyers, and business cards that we can send you free of charge. Simply fill out the PDF order form ( http://uwcorr.washington.edu/mobilitysurvey/files/PLUS_order_form.pdf ) and email it to andre@mobilitysurvey.org . The materials you order will be mailed to you so that you can display, post, or provide them as you wish.
You can find out more about this ambitious project in the following articles:
http://www.oandpbusinessnews.com/view.aspx?rid=83673
http://www.oandp.com/articles/2011-03_02.asp
Please consider promoting this project to people with lower limb amputations and sharing this information with your colleagues who treat persons with lower limb amputations. The more people who participate in this survey, the better the outcome measure will be. The measure that we are developing will be made available at no cost to users, so you can look forward to using it in the future to track mobility outcomes in your patients and subjects who use lower limb prostheses!
Thank you,
Brian J. Hafner, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Box 356490 , Seattle , WA 98195
Phone: 206-685-4048 (campus office) or 206-685-0214 (UWCORR office)
Fax: 206-685-3244
Email: bhafner@u.washington.edu
The University of Washington has been funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to develop a new measure of mobility for persons who use lower limb prostheses to be called the Prosthetic Limb Users Survey (PLUS). Existing measures of prosthetic outcomes have serious shortcomings including considerable floor and/or ceiling effects and no solid evidence that the scores are responsive to clinically meaningful changes. As you can imagine, it takes a considerable amount of work to develop a new outcome measure that will provide valid, clinically-meaningful scores that are sensitive to change, yet are brief and easy to administer. Most importantly it cannot be accomplished without the assistance of prosthetists, physicians, and persons who use lower limb prostheses!
As one step in the development process, UW researchers need volunteers who use lower limb prostheses to fill out an online survey about themselves, their health, and things that they can do with their prosthesis. However, more importantly, we need your help to let persons with lower limb amputation know about this survey ( www.mobilitysurvey.org). To let persons with lower limb amputation know about the survey, we have developed informational posters, flyers, and business cards that we can send you free of charge. Simply fill out the PDF order form ( http://uwcorr.washington.edu/mobilitysurvey/files/PLUS_order_form.pdf ) and email it to andre@mobilitysurvey.org . The materials you order will be mailed to you so that you can display, post, or provide them as you wish.
You can find out more about this ambitious project in the following articles:
http://www.oandpbusinessnews.com/view.aspx?rid=83673
http://www.oandp.com/articles/2011-03_02.asp
Please consider promoting this project to people with lower limb amputations and sharing this information with your colleagues who treat persons with lower limb amputations. The more people who participate in this survey, the better the outcome measure will be. The measure that we are developing will be made available at no cost to users, so you can look forward to using it in the future to track mobility outcomes in your patients and subjects who use lower limb prostheses!
Thank you,
Brian J. Hafner, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Box 356490 , Seattle , WA 98195
Phone: 206-685-4048 (campus office) or 206-685-0214 (UWCORR office)
Fax: 206-685-3244
Email: bhafner@u.washington.edu
Francis R. Jones
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Francis R. Jones, of Appling , Georgia , passed away on October 30, 2011. He was 86.
Jones, an orthotist, was the owner of Augusta Brace, Georgia , which he founded in 1969, and later sold in 1998. According to his obituary in The Augusta Chronicle, he was an avid hunter and fisherman, he never met a stranger, and enjoyed telling jokes.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Wilma, and his brother, Randolph.
Francis R. Jones, of Appling , Georgia , passed away on October 30, 2011. He was 86.
Jones, an orthotist, was the owner of Augusta Brace, Georgia , which he founded in 1969, and later sold in 1998. According to his obituary in The Augusta Chronicle, he was an avid hunter and fisherman, he never met a stranger, and enjoyed telling jokes.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Wilma, and his brother, Randolph.
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