This study aims at evaluating the relation between quality of the interface between the stump and the prosthesis, and the quality of gait in above-knee amputees. The hypothesis is that an adapted prosthesis allowing an efficient gait in above-knee amputees corresponds to an homogeneous pressure distribution pattern onto the stump.
Forty amputee patients will be evaluated for satisfaction with the prosthesis, pressure repartition pattern and functional capabilities. Pressure at the stump-socket interface will be recorded using a set of 14 single cells sensors placed in predefined positions onto the stump. Pattern of pressure will be measured in four tasks: sitting posture, standing posture, gait initiation, and gait at preferred velocity. Reproducibility of the pressure repartition pattern will be analyzed by repeating gait and standing posture task in the first 15 patients included. In patients whom prosthesis has been modified on the basis on the first pressure measurement (pressure peak and bad functional capacities), a new pressure measurement will be repeated 2-8 weeks apart. Postural and gait abilities will be also assessed in 40 age/gender matched non-amputated subjects to serve as control data.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
80
Clinical examination will include stump pain, wound, scar and unusual shape. Questionnaire will include satisfaction scale (SatPro), comfort scale (SCE), and functional scale (PPA-LCI) After installing the sensors on the stump, the patient will put his prosthesis on and will perform the following tasks: gait, sitting and standing posture and gait initiation. Pressure repartition at the stump-socket interface will be assessed with the 14 flat sensors. Gait parameters will be assessed with the OptoGait device. Standing posture and gait initiation parameters will be assessed with a force-plate.
University Hospital
Grenoble, France
Two minute Walking Test
Maximal distance(m)walked during 2 minutes (one trial)
Time frame: At inclusion (baseline) for all patients
Variation coefficient of maximal pressures during gait
Calculated on the basis of 10 walking trials of 10 meters. The maximal pressure will be measured at each step for each sensor. The mean maximal pressure is calculated for each of the 14 sensors. The variation coefficient is calculated between these 14 values (variation coefficient = standard deviation/mean) A low variation coefficient of pressure is supposed to represent an homogeneous repartition of the pressure in the prosthesis.
Time frame: At inclusion (Baseline) for all patients
Change in two minutes walk tests between Baseline and 5 Weeks
If a modification of the prosthesis is required and performed on the basis of the first assessment (at inclusion), a new assessment with the modified prosthesis is performed 5 weeks later (from 2 to 8 weeks). Change in walking capabilities is assessed by calculating the difference between results of the two minute walk test at inclusion and at 5 weeks.
Time frame: Five weeks (W5) in average after inclusion in patients in whom the prosthesis will be modified
Change in the variation coefficients of maximal pressures between Baseline and 5 Weeks
If a modification of the prosthesis is required and performed on the basis of the first assessment (at inclusion), a new assessment with the modified prosthesis is performed 5 weeks later (from 2 to 8 weeks). Change of repartition pattern will be assessed by calculating the difference between the variation coefficient before and after the prosthesis modification.
Time frame: 5 Weeks in average (2 and 8 weeks) after the inclusion in patients in whom the prosthesis will be modified
Gait spatial and temporal parameters
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Calculated based on 10 walking trial of 10 meters. Speed, step length of the prosthetic and non-amputated leg and standing time on the prosthetic and non-amputated leg
Time frame: At inclusion for all patients
Variation coefficient of maximal pressure during standing posture
Calculated based on 4 standing trial of 30 seconds. The calculation is the same as for gait, but the mean pressure during the postural trial will be used instead of the maximal pressure during the step.
Time frame: At inclusion for all patients
Reproducibility of the Variation Coefficients of maximal pressures
At inclusion (baseline), the measurements of pressure repartition pattern in gait and standing posture tasks will be repeated twice, in order to test inter- and intra-evaluator reproducibility.
Time frame: At baseline