The Edwin and Kathryn Arbogast Award and the Otto and Lucille Becker Award were founded in 2012, made possible by a special endowment by Becker Orthopedic and WillowWood. These awards honor two meritorious scientific papers submitted for presentation as a poster at the AOPA National Assembly, to encourage students and residents to display outstanding posters. The Otto and Lucille Becker Award is awarded annually for the best orthotic abstract submitted, and the Edwin and Kathryn Arbogast Award for the best prosthetic abstract submitted by a qualifying student or resident. The main author of each presentation must be a student (baccalaureate or master level), or a resident at a qualified patient care facility.
Edwin & Kathryn Arbogast Award Recipients
2021 – Present
2025 Abdullah A. Alhuzaymi, PT, MSPO, PhD Student, On the Beam and On
the Clock: Balance and Gait Speed Relation in Upper and Lower Limb Amputees
2024 Abrar Alamri, MSPO, Normative Orthotic and Prosthetic Users’ Survey (OPUS) Scores in Lower Limb Prosthetic Users across Multiple Follow-ups: A Retrospective Analysis
2023 Abigail Citterman, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation at the Wrist as a Method to Restore Sensory Feedback for Individuals with Partial Hand Amputation
2022 Adam Huff, Validating Apple Watch Pulse Oximetry Data in People with LimbLoss
2021 Gila Baer, Scoping Review of Mechanical Testing of The Structural and Functional Properties of Lower Limb Prosthetic Sockets
2011 – 2020
2020 Allison Gordon I Static and Dynamic Balance Comparison with the Transfemoral K2 Population Utilizing K3 Componentry
2019 Charles Noble Is the Allied Health Field “Passing the Buck” Regarding Fall Training?
2018 Katherine Ching An Analysis of Internal Consistency within OPUS in Upper-Extremity
2017 Elizabeth Bell A Mixed-Methods Examination of Limitations to Physical Activity as Reported by Individuals with Lower Extremity Amputations
2016 Tyler Klenow A Metric to Quantify the “Dead Spot” Phenomenon in Prosthetic Gait: An Analysis of Sagittal Center of Pressure Progression and Its Velocity
2015 Lisa Abernethy Going Back In Time: A Content Analysis On The Media Portrayal Of Characters With Antiquated Prostheses
2014 Lauren Levey Lateralization of Motor Control in the Lower Extremity
2013 Darren Bolger A Tale of Two Legs: Maintaining Dynamic Stability in A-P and M-L Directions in Persons with Unilateral Transtibial Limb Loss
2012 Alison Ginsberg Use of a Powered Ankle Prosthesis to Decrease Work and Loading of the Intact Limb in Individuals with Transfemoral Limb Loss
2011 Chrysta Irolla Unilateral Transtibial Amputee Dynamic Stability Margin During Human Walking
Call for Nominations
Deadline for Nominations: July 31, 2025
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