Transtibial Amputation
Measuring the daily stepping activity of people with transtibial amputation using the ActivPAL™ activity monitor
... unilateral transtibial prostheses users instrumented with an activePAL TM activity ...leg amputation associated with vascular disease and/or diabetes and have reduced life ...with transtibial ...
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Combining physical therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to improve balance confidence and community participation in people with unilateral transtibial amputation who use lower limb prostheses: a study protocol for a randomized sham control clinical trial
... Participants will be veterans recruited directly from local VA Medical Centers or civilians/veterans recruited from the community. Recruitment at local VA hospital cen- ters will take place through a two-step process. In ...
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Describing the outcomes of dysvascular partial foot amputation and how these compare to transtibial amputation: a systematic review protocol for the development of shared decision making resources
... A data extraction spreadsheet will be developed in Micro- soft Excel based on the Cochrane Consumers and Commu- nication Review Group ’ s data extraction template to allow socio-demographic (e.g., age, sex, etiology, ...
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Comparison of walking overground and in a Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN) in individuals with and without transtibial amputation
... with transtibial amputation (TTA) may have difficulty adjusting to the altered con- straints of treadmill locomotion ...with transtibial or transfemoral amputations, walking on the treadmill was ...
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Assessment of postural stability in patients with a transtibial amputation with various times of prosthesis use
... unilateral transtibial amputation (16 males, 5 females) from a Rehabilation Centre in ...the amputation was, in 12 tested subjects, vascular disease, in 8 trauma and in one case it was a ...side ...
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A systematic review describing incidence rate and prevalence of dysvascular partial foot amputation; how both have changed over time and compare to transtibial amputation
... foot amputation ; TTA transtibial amputation; NR not reported; A race/ethnicity; B sociodemographic: include education level, relationship status, employment status, residential status, geographic ...
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Bilateral transtibial amputation with concomitant thoracolumbar vertebral collapse in a Sichuan earthquake survivor
... The devastating earthquake in Sichuan, China on 12 May 2008 left thousands of survivors requiring medical care and intensive rehabilitation. In view of this great demand, the Chinese Speaking Orthopaedic Society ...
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Uneven terrain exacerbates the deficits of a passive prosthesis in the regulation of whole body angular momentum in individuals with a unilateral transtibial amputation
... a transtibial amputation, when challenged by an uneven ...with amputation in comparison to unimpaired individuals, due to a limited ability to discern and correct for changing contours beneath the ...
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Energy storing and return prosthetic feet improve step length symmetry while preserving margins of stability in persons with transtibial amputation
... In conclusion, this study showed that the energy storing and return (ESAR) prosthetic foot can enhance center of mass propulsion, thereby allowing a symmetric gait pat- tern while preserving the backward margin of ...
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Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation for Gait Training in Persons with Unilateral Transtibial Amputation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
... Ulcers – Bony edges which are not rasped or smoothened out can be one of the major causes of ulcer complications especially in bony prominences such as anterior aspect of tibia for transtibial amputations and ...
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Outcomes of dysvascular partial foot amputation and how these compare to transtibial amputation: a systematic review for the development of shared decision-making resources
... Review findings were reported as a narrative given that the small number of studies were heterogeneous in terms of their design, outcome measures, and subjects. For some topics (i.e., mortality, ipsilateral reamputation) ...
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Design Of A Mechanism For A Robotic Transtibial Prosthesis
... limb amputation, like traffic accidents or war consequences, thus, it is important for humanity to find in the short term, inexpensive and efficient solutions to this kind of ...powered transtibial ...
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Rehabilitation and prosthetics post-amputation
... of amputation impacts on the patient’s predicted mobility and gait ...A transtibial amputation is the most common level of amputation, comprising 52% of lower limb amputations in the UK each ...
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Transtibial amputee gait efficiency : energy storage and return versus solid ankle cushioned heel prosthetic feet
... Cost of transport (COT) versus walking speed gathered from the literature for subjects with nonvascular, transtibial amputation. (a) Raw data for solid ankle cushioned heel (SACH) feet (cir- cles) and ...
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Bicycling participation in people with a lower limb amputation: a scoping review
... Bicycling is a low-impact activity as most of the body weight is supported by the bicycle ’ s seat, and conse- quently relieving the load on the residual limb in people with a LLA. But bicycling requires more degrees of ...
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Analysis of Surface Electromyography Signals in Transtibial Amputees in Fatigue and Non Fatigue Conditions
... with transtibial amputation participated in this study conducted at Government Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, ...unilateral transtibial amputation, age between 20- 60 years, willingness ...
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Complications of Circumcision: A Three Year Experience in N’Djamena Mother & Child Hospital (Chad)
... All patients admitted in the pediatric surgery unit for a complication following circumcision were included. 19 cases of circumcision have been performed by traditional practitioners versus 12 cases by paramedics. For ...
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Rehabilitation Outcome of Bilateral Lower Limb Amputees
... The earliest amputations usually resulted in death from shock caused by blood loss or septicemia. Those who survived the operation itself often died in the early post operative period because of infection and gangrene. ...
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Surgical revision for stump problems after traumatic above ankle amputations of the lower extremity
... In this study, issues related to soft tissue are the main cause of the stump problems (Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4), which is consistent with the report by Rotter et al. [15]. Fifty-three (66.3%) amputation limbs did not ...
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Forequarter amputation: a safe rescue procedure in a curative and palliative setting in high grade malignoma of the shoulder girdle
... In most cases of primary and secondary musculoskeletal tumors, a limb salvage procedure for local treatment is available. Therefore, few tumors require an amputation [1]. While amputations of the lower extremity ...
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