Competition to win free registration for #ICAMPAM2019. Have you finished writing your abstract yet? Tweet a picture of you writing your abstract using the hashtag #ICAMPAM2019 - the most inventive picture will receive free registration. Good luck 😉 ow.ly/3EHD50jY5Up

#FirstTweet from the CDT Prosthetics and Orthotics Society! This account is managed by students in the CDT in Prosthetics & Orthotics based at University of Salford, University of Strathclyde, Imperial College London and University of Southampton. We invite all in the #PandO sector to connect with us!

📢Speaker Announcement📢 We are thrilled to announce our keynote speaker: Mark Inglis, a founding trustee of Limbs4All Charitable Trust, the first and only double-amputee to summit Mount Everest, a scientist, business innovator, philanthropist and a leading motivator.

Some more of our wonderful speakers lined up for #CDTPandO21 include Prof Laurence Kenney, Dr Stefania Fatone, George Coles and Sisary Kheng. You can learn more about their work by registering for our conference: eventbrite.com/e/the-future-o…

‼️ The #CDTPandO21 Conference schedule is now available. Two days filled with multidisciplinary speakers discussing cutting edge technology and real life experiences, as well as online networking opportunities. ⏰ It’s not too late to sign up: eventbrite.com/e/the-future-o…

🥳🎊🎉Today the CDT P&O Society opens our first conference, #CDTPandO21 - an online event open for all to attend for free. We'll be live from 3pm. Last chance to register now- using the link below: eventbrite.com/e/the-future-o…

Up next we have “Developments in AFO Care” at 16:30. Join us at pandoconference.com/talks

Our next session is “User-Prosthesis Interface” - join us at pandoconference.com/talks 🦾🦿

Inspiring talk from Mark Inglis CDT P&O Society

Missed out on this morning’s live sessions? It’s not too late to join us via the link in our bio 🦾🦿 kicking off now …

Day 3 of the ISMPB advent calendar. Check out the latest edition of Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour to read about the Impact of Reduced Sampling Rate on Accelerometer-Based Physical Activity Monitoring by Scott Small et al. tinyurl.com/y4ed8jtb #accelerometry #PhysicalActivity

A bit late today with Day 7 of our advent calendar. A paper from our past president Malcolm Granat and colleagues today on Differentiating sitting and lying using a thigh-worn accelerometer Dr Philippa Dall Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise tinyurl.com/3e85hc3v

Harmonization across activity monitors is key for establishing relationships between activity behaviors and indices of health. Harmonization is also key for the holiday carolers out on the quad…better off reading this article than listening to them sing. Link to article 👇

Day 16 of Advent & the ISMPB magic elves have been having PCR tests #staysafe & also reading this paper on Feasibility and Validity of Assessing Low-Income, African American Older Adults' #PhysicalActivity & #SedentaryBehavior Through #EMA Dr. Jaclyn P. Maher Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour

It's that time of year again, applications are now open for fully funded four year PhDs with CDT in Prosthetics & Orthotics Please look at our website for more details and how to apply salford.ac.uk/centre-doctora… CDT P&O Society Bioengineering Biomed Engineering Professor Chris Nester @YelizPrior #PhD

📖 Looking for some reading material over the holiday break? Our December issue is a great place to start! Topics: #EMA, step algorithms, adherence to wrist #Wearables, impact of sampling rate, activity classification, harmonization, equivalence testing journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…

Getting ready to present on managing CDT in Prosthetics & Orthotics at the UK Council for Graduate Education conference in the stunning grounds of Uni of Birmingham

Day 2: CAD workshop at Hackspace and some students controlling a myoelectric hand 🖐 ⚙️ ✏️

Save the date for the next International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement (ICAMPAM) in Maastricht, June 26-28 2019. More details available soon ismpb.org/2019-maastricht

Hot off the press, 2018 US Physical Activity guidelines: >focus on effects of PA on life quality/sleep/mental/cognition; 10min bout scrapped; sedentary time reduction OK for the inactive; Any PA/any intensity is good; the more the better! +interventions health.gov/paguidelines/s…