Webinar Description

This is a clinically focused webinar exploring how to apply Movement System Syndromes (MSS) to walking and running gait analysis.

Key components include:

• Clinically relevant phases for both walking and running gait
• Evaluation of gait using MSS principles
• Comparative insights between advanced Motion Analysis Systems and cell phone video analysis
• Discussion of kinesiopathological gait patterns and treatment strategies

This webinar aims to simplify gait evaluation and enhance your clinical decision-making using accessible technology and proven MSS principles.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the key phases of walking and running gait relevant to clinical practice.
2. Identify critical elements and biomechanical markers in each gait phase.
3. Recognize common faulty gait patterns and associated muscle impairments.
4. Formulate treatment strategies based on MSS evaluations.

Schedule (all times are indicated in CENTRAL TIME): Total of 1 hour 30 minutes)

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

7pm                               Speaker introduction and announcements

7:05pm ~ 8:15pm        Lecture

8:15pm ~ 8:30pm       Q&A and discussion, post-webinar instructions for CEUs

Speaker Profile

Sheila Banovetz, MS, PT

Sheila has been a physical therapist with a clinical and academic career spanning over four decades. She earned her PT degree from Washington University in St. Louis and began her career in a rehabilitation and amputee clinic before transitioning to outpatient care.  Prior to relocating to Stevens Point in 1996, she taught physical therapy at the University of Iowa and has since been involved in lab instruction for Movement System Syndromes courses.  While teaching and working as a PT at UW-Stevens Point, Sheila began exploring video analysis in sports biomechanics. Her role evolved further when Stevens Point Orthopedics adopted the Noraxon Movement Analysis System in 2017. Since then, she has led program development in areas such as:

• Gait analysis
• Return-to-sport protocols
• Throwing sport evaluations

With years of experience in motion analysis technologies, Sheila is passionate about simplifying gait assessment through practical tools like smartphone video—and applying MSS principles to improve clinical outcomes.  In April 2025, Sheila was invited by the Taiwan Physical Therapy Association to lead a two-day continuing education course on MSS and gait analysis. She is set to return to Taiwan this winter to teach MSS-related topics at National Yang-Ming University's Physical Therapy program.