Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5677448 | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 2017 | 39 Pages |
Abstract
The scientific literature reports a wide range of gait and metabolic energy expenditure across individuals with amputation. The results of this study indicate that individuals with amputation have a gait pattern which is highly functional and efficient. This is comparable with a small number of studies reporting similar outcomes for individuals with a unilateral transtibial amputation, but the results from this study are better than those on individuals with transfemoral amputations reported elsewhere, despite comparison with populations wearing similar prosthetic componentry. Those studies that do report similar outcomes have included individuals who have been provided with a comprehensive rehabilitation program. This suggests that such a program may be as important as, or even more important than, prosthetic component selection in improving metabolic energy expenditure. The data are made available as a benchmark for what is achievable in the rehabilitation of some individuals with amputations, but agreeably may not be possible for all amputees to achieve.
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Authors
Hannah L. PhD, Alex N. PhD, FRCP, Martin PhD, Rhodri D. FRCP, John FRCP, OBE, Richard PhD,