Launched by a gift from J.E Hanger in memory of Howard R. Thranhardt, CP, the series offers an honorarium to the winners. The series recognizes individuals committed to advancing O&P education and research. Winners of the Thranhardt Lecture receive an award of $500 each.
Thranhardt Award Winners
2021 – Present
2025
Levi Hargrove, PhD, “Phantom Motor Execution Therapy for Phantom Limb Pain: A 45 Participant Home-Based Connected Health Clinical Trial”
Tyler Klenow, MSPO, MBA, CPO, FAAOP and Russell Lundstrom, MS
“Improvement in Walking Speed and Reduction in Falls and Risk of Falling in SCI Patients in the C-Brace ® Registry”
2024
Andreas Kannenberg, MD,(GER), PhD and Shane Wurdeman, PhD, CP, FAAOP (D)”Assessing Outcomes with Microprocessor Knee Utilization in a K2 Population (ASCENT K2): Findings from a Clinical Trial of 107 Individuals with Above-knee Amputation”
Tyler Klenow, MSPO, MBA, CPO, FAAOP and Russell Lundstrom, MS
“Reduction in Falls and Fall-Risk with Increased Walking Speed Found Following 1 Year of C Brace® Use: Interim Results from the C-Brace® Registry”
2023
Andreas Kannenberg, MD,(GER), PhD and Shane Wurdeman, PhD, CP, FAAOP (D)”Microprocessor Stance and Swing Control Orthosis for
Patients Dependent on a Knee-ankle-foot-orthosis for Walking: A Randomized, Controlled Crossover Trial”
Matt Wernke, PhD, “Upper Extremity Myoelectric Interface and Control Methodologies: A Single Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial”
2022
Tiffany Graham, MSPO, CPO, LPO, FAAOP, “Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for the Treatment Time of Deformational Head Shapes Using a Cranial Remolding Orthosis”
Jennifer Johansson, MS, “Design and Testing of the Caesar Foot: A Bimodal Run-Walk Prosthesis”
2021
Andreas Hahn, PhD, MSc, “The Effect of Microprocessor Controlled Exo-Prosthetic Knees on Limited Community Ambulators: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
Chrysta Irolla, MS, MSPO, CPO and Emily Nelson, MSE, MSOP, CP, “Treatment Parameters for the UCSF Pectus Carinatum Orthosis: A Pilot Study”
2010 – 2020
2020
Anton Johannesson, PhD, CPO, “Systematic Procedure in Lower Limb Amputation—The Scandinavian Approach”
Caitlin Deom, PT, DPT, and John Frederick, CPO/L, “High Intensity Gait Training for Stroke Patients: The Neuroplastic Principles Behind this Evidence-Based Treatment Modality, Comparison to Conventional Physical Therapy and Effect on Orthotic Management”
2019
Tiffany Graham, MSPO, CPO, LPO, FAAOP and Kelly Millay, MPO, “Significant Factors in Orthotic Treatment of Asymmetrical Brachycephaly”
Andreas Hahn, PhD, MSc, “The Use of Health Economic Instruments to Evaluate Prosthetic Services: Experience with Over 400 Patients in Germany and India
2018
Tiffany Graham, MSPO, CPO, LPO, “Significant Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Cranial Remolding Orthoses in Infants with Deformational Plagiocephaly”
Brian Kaluf, BSE, CP, FAAOP, “Comparative Effectiveness of Microprocessor and Energy StoringProsthetic Ankles”
2017
Shenan Hoppe-Ludwig, CPO, “The Micro-Processor Controlled Orthosis: What is the Impact to the User Versus the Stance control Orthosis and Conventional Locked KAFO”
Andrea Giovanni Cutti, PhD, “Reference Values for Temporal Gait and Loading Symmetry of Lower-Limb Amputees Can Help in Refocusing Rehabilitation Targets”
2016
Beatrice Janka, MPO, CPO, “, The Effects of AFO Stiffness and Alignment on Lower Extremity Kinematics in Stroke and Multiple Sclerosis”
Kenton Kaufman, PhD, PE, “Functional Assessment and Satisfaction in K2 Transfemoral Amputees Receiving MPK Knees–Initial Findings”
2015
Elizabeth Russell Esposito, PhD, “Can Individuals with Transtibial Amputation Reduce the Metabolic Demand of Walking Using Realtime Visual Feedback?”
Megan Sions, PhD, DPT, PT, OCS, “Balance-Confidence May Help Explain Physical Function and Community-Integration among Individuals with Unilateral Transfemoral and Transtibial Amputations”
2014
Nicoleta Bugnariu, PT, PhD, “Functional Performance and Evaluation of Dynamic Response Feet”
Andreas Hahn, PhD, MSc , “Evaluation of 1200+ C-Leg Test Fittings in Germany”
2013
Silvia Raschke, PhD and Michael Orendurff, PhD, “Can You Tell Which Foot is Which?”
Brian Hafner, PhD, “Prosthetic Limb Users Survey of Mobility (PLUS-M)”
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