Kirsten G??tz-Neumann

Kirsten Götz-Neumann, PT, is an author, educator, and gait analysis specialist who serves as president of the Observational Gait Instructor Group (O.G.I.G.), an international network with roots in Los Angeles, including Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center and the University of Southern California. With more than three decades of clinical and teaching experience in neuro-orthopaedic and neuropediatric rehabilitation, she has taught transdisciplinary programs for physicians and rehabilitation professionals across Europe, Japan, and the United States. Her international teaching has included the University of Southern California, Niigata University of Health and Welfare in Japan, and university-based programs in German-speaking Europe. She is the author of Gehen Verstehen: Ganganalyse in der Physiotherapie, a Thieme reference text in therapeutic gait analysis that has been translated into multiple languages, including Japanese. Her work, publications, and presentations focus o