The Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC), a multidisciplinary association for children with complex musculoskeletal needs, named recipients of its New Investigator Research Award for 2026.
Winners are:
- First Place: Caitlin Bowman Martwinski, MSPO: Development and Implementation of a Bibliotherapy Intervention to Improve Attitudes Towards Device Use for Orthoses and Prosthesis Users Aged 3-12
- Second Place: Courtney Klapka, CPO, Mallory Silvers, MPO, Sophia Valls, CO, and James Wynne, CPO, FAAOP: Short-Term Outcomes of the Boston Night Shift in the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Retrospective Study
- Third Place: Anna Cook, MPO, CO/L, Sara Morgan, PhD, CPO, Dylan Mann, MD, Lauren Levey, MSPO, CPO/L, Annabelle Vaage, PT, DPT, Meghan Munger, PhD, MPH, Jennifer Laine, MD, Michelle Hall, MS, CPO/L, FAAOP(D): Clinical Outcome Measurement in Pediatric Lower Limb Prosthetics: A Modified Delphi Consensus Study
Award winners presented their papers at the ACPOC annual meeting, held April 29-May 2 in Philadelphia.
