Curriculum Vitae
Stephen Osborne BSc Hons PgC M Phil
Permanent Address
10 Haise Mount
Darton
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S75 5LU
Secondary Education
Darton High School, Barnsley, Yorkshire
Date of Birth
Nationality
Marital Status
3rd August 1960
British
Married
Sept 1971 - June 1976
Further education
Barnsley College of Technology, Yorkshire Sept 1991- June 1992 (part-time)
University Education
Salford University Lancashire, Great Britain
September 1992 - September 1996
BSc Hons in Prosthetics and Orthotics Grade 2.1
Sheffield University Yorkshire, Great Britain
1998 - 2003
Department of Clinical Engineering and Medical Physics
Master of Philosophy
Stafford University Great Britain
2006 - 2007
Faculty of health
PgC in Musculoskeletal Diagnosis
Prosthetic and Orthotic Employment History
September 1996
Joined Chas A Blatchfords Ltd
September 1996 - 1997
 Developed experience within a variety of settings including adult and children’s orthopaedic
hospitals and a rehabilitation centre.
1997 Northern General Hospital
 Role concentrated on adult orthopaedics and rehabilitation work
 Developed the use of plantar pressure measurement within the orthotics department.
 Developed a specific functional foot orthoses clinic
 Sheffield Children’s Hospital
 Children’s Orthopaedic clinic mainly treating talipes equino varus and Perthes
1998 The Regional Orthotics Centre
Oak Tree Lane Centre, Birmingham.
Role was Orthotics manager
Worked as a member of the Specialist clinics within the centre
 Member of gait analysis team
 Spinal bracing for clients to improve posture in specialist seating
 Brachial plexus clinic
 Limb salvage clinic (Diabetic wounds and ulcers)
 Tertiary referral work from anywhere within the country
 Use of plantar pressure measurement to diagnose problems and to check the efficacy of
Orthoses.
Responsibilities
 Provide support and training for junior staff
 Participate in clinical governance and research within the centre
 Ensure a cost-effective service is being provided
 Act as a specialist advisor in the field of Orthotics
July 2001 - December 2002
Orthotic development Manager
 Promote and conduct research within the company
 Develop new orthotic products and source potential products
 Provide a lead in clinical governance for the Orthotics department
 Assist the clinical service manager in gaining and maintaining NHS service contracts
 Develop new techniques and planned the introduction of new technologies within the field of
Orthotics
January 2003 - present
Role of Clinical Specialist in Orthotics
 Continuing with responsibilities detailed in previous role
 Lead clinician role in Sheffield Children’s Hospital
August 2005 - present
 Part time private clinics treating predominantly sports injuries in Sheffield, Loughborough and
Bradford.
Publications
The impact of multi disciplinary assessment and scientific measurement on management of gait
deviations in advanced juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Fairburn P, Panagamuwa B Osborne S, Falkanakis A, Palmer R, Johnson B, Southwood T. Archives
of disease in Childhood
Invited Speaker
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The clinical perspective of computer Aided design and manufacture in Orthotics
Osborne S, J Ross ISPO 2003 Newcastle
Biomechanics Of Footwear
Osborne S Society Of podiatrist’s annual conference 2007
Conference presentations and abstracts submitted
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Gait analysis increases accuracy of orthotic prescription in children with juvenile idiopathic
arthritis.
Fairburn P Panagamuwa B Osborne S, Falkanakis A, Palmer National ISPO Oct 1999
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Evidence to support the use of Diabetic air casts in Diabetic foot wounds and ulcers
Osborne S, Panagamuwa B Lindsay G
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National ISPO Conference 5-6 October 00
Management of the diabetic foot
Lindsay, Osborne Sept 1999 Royal college of nursing . Vascular conference. Good Hope Hospital
Birmingham
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Orthotic management of lesions following partial foot amputation through the use of ankle
foot orthoses
Osborne S, Panagamuwa B Lindsay G Smeaton H,
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Bapo Conference Nottingham 4-6 April 2001
After 1500 plantar pressure measurements
Osborne S, Panagamuwa B, Lindsay G. Palmer R The 10 th World congress ISPO 2001
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Plantar pressure measurement, its value in design and prescription of ankle foot orthoses.
Osborne S, Panagamuwa B Linsay G. Palmer R
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Foot pressure Interest Group Bristol 2001
A Comparison of Systems to calculate changes in Moments Produced by an Ankle Foot
Orthosis
Osborne S
Bapo eighth conference 2002 22-24 March (Scientific Paper)
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The Future of Computer aided design and Manufacture in Orthotics
Osborne S
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Orthopeadic services Annual Scientific Conference 2002
The Future of Computer aided design and Manufacture in Orthotics and Prosthetics
Bapo
East Pennine group meeting September 2002
The use of finite element analysis in the design of carbon fibre composite ankle foot orthoses
Osborne S ISPO National conference 2002 Liverpool
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Can repeatability be improved when taking foam impressions of the foot ?
S Osborne G Osborne D Bownes N Birkett The 11th World congress of ISPO Hong Kong 2004
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A Comparison of Two Different Methods to Produce Ankle Foot Orthoses
S Osborne
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CAD CAM what is currently available in prosthetics and Orthotics
S Osborne
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National BAPO conference 2005 March 2005
National BAPO conference March 2005
Do not be misled by low pedar peak pressures when assessing diabetic unilateral amputees
for orthotic care
Panagamuwa B Jayatunga UP, Palmer R, Osborne S ISPO international conference 2001
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What is our role in protecting “ good feet” of unilateral diabetic amputees
Jayatunga UP Panagamuwa B Linday G Osborne S Fairburn
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ISPO conference 1999
FFO casts/impressions Boxes-How Accurate is this data capture Method ?
David Bownes Stephen osborne BAPO Conference 2006 Glasgow
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Footwear ? Are we missing something?
Stephen Osborne BAPO Conference 2008 Bolton
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Diagnosis of Plantar fasciitis and methods to effectively treat the condition
Stephen Osborne Stephen Seccombe, Peter O’Malley BAPO Conference 2009
 Does prophylactic management using orthoses have a place in sport?
Stephen Osborne Trent Regional British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine Spring Meeting 2010
Leicester
Poster Presentations
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Gait analysis demonstrates adaptive gait patterns in children with juvenile chronic arthritis
Fairburn P Panagamuwa B Osborne S, Falkanakis A, Palmer
International Symposium on gait disorders Prague 1999 (Poster presentation)
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A comparison of vertical forces and stance timings using a Novel pedar and fscan plantar
pressure measurement system with a kistler force plate.
Osborne S , Heller B, Palmer R Biomechanics of the lower limb in health disease and rehabilitation.
Workshops
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Plantar pressure measurement in Orthotics practice
Osborne S, Palmer R Bapo conference Nottingham 4.6 .2001
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Footwear choices for the Rheumatoid patient
British society of Rheumatology
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One day conference in Rheumatology of the foot 2001
Outcome Measurement in Prosthetics and Orthotics
BAPO Eighth conference 22-24 March 2002 (workshop)
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Computer aided design and manufacture in orthotic and prosthetic practice
BAPO 2004 Stephen Osborne and John |Ross
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Plaster and chips the Tracer CAD debate
Prosthetists conference Blatchford 2004
Invited Speaker to CPD courses
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The Orthotic treatment of the Diabetic Foot
Torbay Diabetic foot Conference Osborne S
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Biomechanics of the knee
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9 Sept 2004
Management of the young adult with a degenerative knee
Osborne S
25 Nov 2004
The role of Orthotics in the treatment of diabetic wounds
Salford University Diabetic foot conference Osborne S
January
2005
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Neuromuscular Conditions
Salford University
Osborne S
2006
University posts
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Salford University Visiting lecturer
Stafford University Part time lecturer
Appointments
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Visitor for the Health professions Council (Education) (2007 –2009)
Partner on investigating panel for the Health professions Council
Interests and Hobbies
Foreign travel, walking and car maintenance. Motor racing and skiing.
~References available on request~