Status:

RECRUITING

Walking Exercise Sustainability Through Telehealth for Veterans With Lower-limb Amputation

Lead Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

Conditions:

Lower-Limb Amputation

Eligibility:

All Genders

40-89 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Despite recent advances in physical rehabilitation, Veterans with lower-limb amputation have poor long-term outcomes, including severely limited functional capacity and high levels of disability. Such...

Detailed Description

Veterans living with lower-limb amputation have poor physical health outcomes, multiple chronic comorbidities, high medical service utilization, and high levels of disability. Self-reported disability...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Unilateral or bilateral lower-limb amputation (transmetatarsal to him disarticulation, traumatic or non-traumatic etiology)
  • Ability to walk two minutes without seated rest using prosthesis and assistive device if needed
  • Living without assistance for basic activities of daily living

Exclusion

  • Congenital or cancer-related amputation
  • Unstable heart condition including:
  • unstable angina
  • uncontrolled cardiac dysrhythmia
  • acute myocarditis
  • acute pericarditis
  • Acute systemic infection
  • Prisoner
  • Mild cognitive impairment
  • Active cancer treatment
  • Discretion of PI to exclude patients who are determined to be unsafe and/or inappropriate to participate

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

78 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05412550

Start Date

November 1 2022

End Date

October 31 2026

Last Update

November 18 2025

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Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045-7211