SC Portland Outcomes Report 2023

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

MOTION ANALYSIS CENTER The high-tech motion analysis conducted in the motion analysis center is integral to the complex, comprehensive care provided by Shriners Children’s Portland. Computerized motion analysis provides insight into a child’s gait or movement abnormalities and helps inform treatment planning and outcome evaluation. The multidisciplinary team reviews the patient’s video, physical exam measurements, kinematic and kinetic data, foot pressure data and electromyography data. After a group discussion, a treatment recommendation is made. Recommendations provided after a motion analysis study may include surgical procedures, tone management, physical therapy, occupational therapy, orthoses, prostheses and assistive walking devices. PEDIATRIC ORTHOTIC AND PROSTHETIC SERVICES (POPS) – NORTHWEST Children living with orthopedic conditions, such as missing limbs, deserve every opportunity to thrive and participate in desired activities and sports, and feel confident in their abilities. Located within the Portland Shriners Hospital, our POPS team helps carry out this vision, whether it’s creating personalized prosthetics or matching a child to the most effective and least-restrictive assistive device. POPS — Northwest is the west coast fabrication center, building devices for multiple Shriners Children’s locations. Using the latest technology and software, POPS has forged a new path forward that no longer relies on cumbersome plaster casts and lengthy fabrication times. By taking a multidisciplinary approach, the POPS team crafts effective treatment plans that involves the family as well as the child’s entire health care team including physicians, physical and occupational therapists, prosthetists, orthotists and more. RADIOLOGY Radiology provides a window into the body for the physician to assess pathology, extent of deformity or injury, and physical changes over time. It is a key component for diagnosis, treatment planning and surgical correction. Shriners Children’s Portland strives to keep radiation doses as low as possible during X-ray procedures by tailoring technical factors to the appropriate age and size of our patients. All images are then interpreted by our board certified pediatric radiologists. EOS EOS is used for all patients with spine and lower extremity disorders except for infants and patients who are physically unable to utilize this machine. EOS 2D/3D imaging technology, which captures whole-body images using only one-ninth of the radiation of a traditional X-ray, provides detailed images for our physicians.

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