Gait Evaluation of Experienced Below Knee Amputees

Sheba Medical Center9 enrolled

Overview

Post traumatic amputees with an experience of over 3 months of prosthesis use at home, without any known difficulty using the prosthesis and without stump pathology, using no assistive devices, will be examined in a 3 D computerized gait laboratory. Kinematic and kinetic parameters of gait will be obtained.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Amputations, Traumatic

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Post traumatic trans tibial amputees * No stump pathology * No assistive devices * No technical difficulty Exclusion Criteria: * Vascular or DM background * Stump pathology * Gait difficulties * Assistive device

Locations (1)

Sheba Medical Center

Tel Litwinsky, Israel

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