Active Knee Prosthesis Study

Massachusetts Institute of Technology1 site in 1 country7 target enrollmentApril 17, 2008

ConditionsTransfemoral Amputation

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Transfemoral Amputation
Sponsor: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Enrollment: 7
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Metabolic cost
Status: Active, not recruiting
Last Updated: 6 months ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the clinical and functional outcomes of a powered knee prosthesis for people with a transfemoral amputation in the domain of gait, free space control, and embodiment

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

April 17, 2008

End Date

July 17, 2026

Last Updated

6 months ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Single Group

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Male or Female age 22-
•The patient must have a unilateral transfemoral amputation .
•The patient must have the ability to ambulate at variable cadence (an expected lower extremity prosthesis functional level of K3 or above).
•The patient must have adequate socket to support the device.

Exclusion Criteria

•Women who are pregnant.
•Severe co morbidity, atypical skeletal anatomy, or poor general physical/mental health that, in the opinion of the Investigator, will not allow the subject to be a good study candidate (i.e. other disease processes, mental capacity, substance abuse, shortened life expectancy, vulnerable patient population, BMI \>40, etc.).