The cost of being stable: Does the effort for balance control affect the energy cost of walking in amputees and stroke patients? - The effect of balance control on energy cost of walking

Vrije Universiteit0 个研究点目标入组 60 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2024年4月29日

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•All subjects: above age 18 years and able to walk on a treadmill during five uninterrupted minutes from which the last three minutes without handrail support. Additionally they have to be able to walk an imposed step pattern.
•Stroke patients a score of 4 or higher on the Functional Ambulatory Category (FAC)
•Amputees a SIGAM mobility scale D-F (being able to walk more than 50 meters independently on an even surface with or without an assistive device), and a proper fitting prosthesis for at least six months.

•All subjects: cognitive and communicative disorders that could interfere with the protocol, cardiovascular or pulmonary co-morbidities contra-indicating moderate exercise, visual impairments that could interfere with the protocol, and medication and/or co-morbidities that could interfere with balance control or energy expenditure.
•Amputees: stump problems (pain, swelling, pressure sores) and significantly fluctuating stump volume within the last six months.

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