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Most recent updates!

  • Recruiting Sites Now

    May 2024

    We are now recruiting sites to join our International Limb Differences Registry!

    Please contact the ILDN team at exernalfixators@cw.bc.ca if you are interested in joining.

  • Limb-Q Kids Field Testing Completed

    February 2024

    The field test study for Limb-Q Kids concluded in February 2024. Congratulations and thanks to our 16 collaborators who played crucial roles in this achievement! During this period, we collected 800 surveys from eight countries across the globe, highlighting the broad international reach and impact of our research efforts.

  • Evidence to Innovation Seed Grant Award

    March 2023

    The Orthopaedic Research Team at BC Children’s Hospital, along with Dr. Anne Klassen, is thrilled to receive a $140,600 research grant from The War Amps. With the Barber Prosthetics Clinic, we will create a new PROM to understand children's preferences regarding their prosthetics.

CIHR Grant Awarded to the Orthopaedic Research Team

April 2023 - March 2024

The War Amps Grant Awarded to the Orthopaedic Research Team at BC Children’s Hospital

November 2022 - November 2027

Canadian Orthopaedic Research Legacy (CORL) Grant Awarded for Development of LIMB-Q Kids

May 2022 - May 2024

  • The Orthopaedic Research Team at BC Children’s Hospital has received the POSNA Registry Grant in the amount of $148,900. The grant will be used to develop the International Limb Differences Registry (ILDR), a prospective registry which is unprecedented in both size and scope to impact the treatment methods and standard of care for patients with limb differences around the world. By creating a global, prospective registry including lower limb differences, we can facilitate more robust research in otherwise limited areas.

  • We are excited to announce that the Orthopaedic Research Team at BC Children’s Hospital has received a BC Children’s Hospital Foundation Grant for $290,000. The team will be working to continue research on the effects of limb differences and the treatment procedures and orthopedic devices associated with them on children’s short and long term quality of life.

  • We are proud to announce that the Orthopaedic Research Team at BC Children’s Hospital has been awarded a $10,000 Evidence 2 Innovation (E2i) grant. This grant will fund a pilot study on the design and fabrication of patient-specific 3D printed foot prosthesis for patients with fibular hemimelia.

Orthopaedic Research Team at BC Children’s Hospital Receives the POSNA Registry Grant

June 2022 - May 2025

BC Children’s Hospital Orthopaedic Research Team Receives BC Children’s Hospital Foundation Grant

March 2021 - March 2026

BC Children’s Hospital Orthopaedic Research Team Receives E2i Seed Grant

March 2021 - March 2023

  • We've received a $100,000 CIHR grant! It'll fund an international test of LIMB-Q Kids, a new measure for children with lower limb differences. We'll recruit kids aged 8-18 from nine countries to validate the survey's functional scales, enabling global use by clinicians and researchers.

  • We are proud to announce that the Orthopaedic Research Team at BC Children’s Hospital has received a War Amps Grant for $140,600. This grant will be used towards developing and testing a patient-reported measure that will be used to access what children like or dislike about their prosthesis.

  • We are pleased to announce that the Orthopaedic Research Team at BC Children’s Hospital has been awarded the Canadian Orthopaeic Research Legacy Grant. This $20,000 grant will aid in the International Field Test and Translation an Cultural Adaptation of LIMB-Q Kids: A new patient reported outcome measure for children with lower limb differences.