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Greetings Biomechers!
We presently have a 5 CCD (50Hz) camera Oxford Metrics VICON system, 10
channel surface EMG (Motion Lab Systems), and 2 AMTI tri-axial force
platforms, with a PDP 11/73 for data acquisition, PC AMASS (on a 486DX2/66)
for marker trajectory calculation,
and use the Helen Hayes software (on the RSX system) for plotting.
We are also interested in evaluating dynamic plantar foot pressures,
using some system such as the AMTI PressMap (tm), or the like.
We have a large population of diabetic foot patients,
and the orthopaedists, orthotists, and internal medicine specialists
at our facility are very interested in developing such a service.
THE QUESTIONS ARE:
Has anyone out there had (good/bad) experience with any one of these foot
pressure systems?
Which ones would you recommend?
Is it really important to be able to superimpose your ground reaction force
data (i.e. mount the mat on a force platform and locate it in the VICON 3D
coordinate system ),
or should that _not_ be a limiting factor? ( just attaching the mat to the
plantar surface of the foot, barefoot or with a foot orthosis)?
What sort of billing (CPT) codes do you use?
How is reimbursement from insurance companies/DSCC/DPA for this service?
How much time do you spend per patient: for the visit, data processing,
analysis and reporting?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Steve : )
O (o)xx
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Stephen W. Hill, B.Sc.
Kinesiologist/Administrative Director
SIU Motion Analysis Laboratory (1420)
Instructor of Clinical Surgery
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
751 North Rutledge Street
Lower Level, Suite 0300
Springfield, IL 62702 USA
phone: (217) 782-6556
fax: (217) 782-7323
e-mail: shill@surg800.siumed.edu
We presently have a 5 CCD (50Hz) camera Oxford Metrics VICON system, 10
channel surface EMG (Motion Lab Systems), and 2 AMTI tri-axial force
platforms, with a PDP 11/73 for data acquisition, PC AMASS (on a 486DX2/66)
for marker trajectory calculation,
and use the Helen Hayes software (on the RSX system) for plotting.
We are also interested in evaluating dynamic plantar foot pressures,
using some system such as the AMTI PressMap (tm), or the like.
We have a large population of diabetic foot patients,
and the orthopaedists, orthotists, and internal medicine specialists
at our facility are very interested in developing such a service.
THE QUESTIONS ARE:
Has anyone out there had (good/bad) experience with any one of these foot
pressure systems?
Which ones would you recommend?
Is it really important to be able to superimpose your ground reaction force
data (i.e. mount the mat on a force platform and locate it in the VICON 3D
coordinate system ),
or should that _not_ be a limiting factor? ( just attaching the mat to the
plantar surface of the foot, barefoot or with a foot orthosis)?
What sort of billing (CPT) codes do you use?
How is reimbursement from insurance companies/DSCC/DPA for this service?
How much time do you spend per patient: for the visit, data processing,
analysis and reporting?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Steve : )
O (o)xx
< ) \_ |
( / | \
/ \ / | \
< L ___ ___
_____________________________
Stephen W. Hill, B.Sc.
Kinesiologist/Administrative Director
SIU Motion Analysis Laboratory (1420)
Instructor of Clinical Surgery
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
751 North Rutledge Street
Lower Level, Suite 0300
Springfield, IL 62702 USA
phone: (217) 782-6556
fax: (217) 782-7323
e-mail: shill@surg800.siumed.edu