Effects of wearing a prosthesis on daily activities of transtibial and transfemoral amputees- a randomised crossover trial.
- Conditions
- beenamputaties (transfemoraal en transtibiaal)leg amputeestransfemoral and transtibial amputation
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON34764
- Lead Sponsor
- Revalidatiecentrum Groot Klimmendaal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Unilateral transtibial or transfemoral adult amputees irrespective of age, sex or cause of the amputation who are able to function with and without a permanent prosthesis independently, if necessary making use of a walking aid. Normal mental faculties.
Use of a wheelchair for moving inside the house for more than three hours a day, not being able to wear the prosthesis for at least 8 hours a day in all, bilateral amputees, amputees other than at transtibial or transfemoral level. Participants with severe cognitive disorders, severe loss of eyesight (not able to recognize or connect the measurement equipment), with neurological and clinical orthopedic problems (other than the amputation), with stump pain, stump wounds and foot pathology that could influence their daily activities.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Differences in time spent in different activities (lying, sitting, standing,<br /><br>walking) between days 1 and 2 days 3 and 4 of the trial.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Probable differences in effects between transtibial and transfemoral amputees,<br /><br>between differences in age, sex and cause of the amputation.</p><br>