Evaluating Dual-Task Balance Training to Improve Balance, Mobility, and Mental Health in Adults Using Traumatic Lower-Limb Prostheses in Gaza Strip

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to evaluate how dual-task balance training affects balance, mobility, and mental health in adults using traumatic lower-limb prostheses in the Gaza Strip. The study focuses on prosthesis users who often face challenges in daily activities, especially when performing physical and cognitive tasks simultaneously. It is a randomized controlled trial designed to assess whether adding dual-task exercises to standard rehabilitation improves outcomes in this population. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. The experimental group will receive dual-task balance training combined with standard rehabilitation, consisting of progressive balance exercises paired with cognitive or motor tasks, delivered three times a week for six weeks. The control group will receive only the usual rehabilitation program for lower-limb prosthesis users. Both groups will be monitored over the six-week intervention period. During the study, participants will undergo assessments before and after the intervention to measure changes in balance and mobility using the Berg Balance Scale and the Amputee Mobility Predictor with Prosthesis. Mental health will be evaluated using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21. An assessor not involved in training will conduct these evaluations. The study aims to provide evidence on the benefits of dual-task balance training within a resource-limited rehabilitation setting over the six-week treatment period.

Dual-Task Balance Training in Traumatic Lower-Limb Prosthesis Users