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    I am posting the following job announcement for a colleague.
    Please respond directly to him and not to me.

    - Andrew Karduna



    Advertisement Physical Therapist for Motion Analysis Laboratory

    St Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA is initiating
    a new Motion Analysis Laboratory and is in search of a Pediatric
    Physical Therapy with Ph.D. background. The laboratory is equipped
    with a six camera Vicon 370 system, with force plates. An
    disciplinary team consisting of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons,
    Therapists, Prothetist and Orthotists, as well as computer technician
    and engineer will be assembled to fully man this lab.

    The goals of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at St. Christopher's
    Hospital for Children is both clinical and research in nature. St.
    Christopher’s Hospital for Children is a general children's hospital
    with a rapidly growing pediatric orthopaedic service. Over the past
    two years, the orthopaedic staff has grown to five full time staff
    physicians as well as two nurse clinicians. The patients served are
    from the Delaware Valley with referrals from the regions Mid-Atlantic
    states and provide the entire spectrum of clinical problems in children
    and adolescents. A large percentage of our patients have
    neuromuscular problems, the most common being cerebral palsy. The
    Motion Analysis Laboratory would serve as a means of objective
    documentation of patients preoperatively and postoperatively as well
    as in the evaluation of non-operative treatment

    The responsibilities of this position include me preparation,
    implementation and analysis of motion analysis studies, the
    development of protocols and clinical assessment and teaching
    responsibilities within the section of pediatric orthopaedics and the
    Department of Physical Therapy of the Allegheny University for
    Health Sciences. In addition, this individual would serve as a Local
    resource for therapists and referring physicians throughout the
    Delaware Valley.

    Professional relationships will be strengthened by close affiliation with
    the Department of Physical Therapy of the College of Allied Health
    Science of Allegheny University of Health Sciences. We anticipated
    that graduate students in the physical therapy programs as well as
    engineering students from Drexel University would be available as
    resources for research activity. A dual appointment the Department of
    Physical Therapy at the Allegheny University of Health Sciences
    would allow for professional contact and interchange. A second Vicon
    Motion Analysis laboratory exists within the Allegheny University
    health system at the Center City Campus. This laboratory is dedicated
    to adult problems, but would allow for professional interaction

    Candidates for this position should have a professional degree in
    physical therapy, including a Ph.D. and a background in pediatrics,
    preferably neuromuscular disease, gait analysis technique, including
    kinetics and eletromyographic data collection and the interpretation of
    normal and pathologic gait. Salary and benefits are competitive and
    based on previous work experience and education. Interested
    applicants should forward a statement of purpose and their resume to
    Peter D. Pizzutillo, M.D., Medical Director of the Motion Analysis
    Laboratory, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Front Street and
    Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19134.
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