Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Wearing a Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis on Amputee Walking
Lead Sponsor:
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Collaborating Sponsors:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Conditions:
Traumatic Amputation of Lower Extremity
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Amputees wearing a conventional prosthesis require 20-30% more metabolic energy to walk at the same speeds as non-amputees and this discrepancy is more apparent at faster walking speeds. Amputees choo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 20 healthy adult volunteers, 10 unilateral trans-tibial amputees and 10 matched non-amputees, will be recruited and screened
- Amputees must be at least 1 year post-amputation, high-functioning (at least a K3 level of ambulation), and whose cause of amputation is either traumatic or vascular. Medicare defines a K3 level amputee as an ambulator who has the ability or potential for prosthetic ambulation with variable cadence, who has the ability to traverse most environmental barriers and who may have vocational, therapeutic, or exercise activity that demands prosthetic utilization beyond simple locomotion
Exclusion
- None
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
16 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00869947
Start Date
March 1 2009
End Date
January 1 2013
Last Update
February 25 2014
Active Locations (1)
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VA Medical Center, Providence
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02908