Assessment of the physical activity levels during rehabilitation of lower limb amputees: A pilot study

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Conditions: ower limb amputations
Lower limb amputations

Registration Number: NL-OMON36145

Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Withdrawn

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

* Lower limb amputation, more proximal than the foot
* Subjects are at the beginning of their rehabilitation program
* The amputees follow an outpatient rehabilitation program.
* Subjects are 18 years old or older
* Subjects signed the participation agreement form.

Exclusion Criteria

The subjects will be excluded from this study if there is evidence or serious suspicion of coronary disease, stress or test related pain in the chest, untreated symptomatic arrhythmia*s (ventricular tachycardia or any rhythm significantly compromising cardiac function), acute pulmonary embolus, bilateral lower limb amputations or upper limb amputation, mental impairment leading to inability to cooperate or inability to obtain consent.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Parameters measured during training:<br /><br>maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max in l/min), maximal carbon dioxide output (VCO2max<br /><br>in l/min), maximal heart rate during (HRmax in beats per minute), heart rate<br /><br>reserve (HRR), peak power output (PPO in W), maximal workload (W).</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Gross Efficiency (% of external work performed to the total production of<br /><br>energy), metabolic equivalent of exercising (MET in 3.5 ml O2 /kg/min), average<br /><br>heart rate (HR in beats per minute), oxygen input (VO2 in litre per minute),<br /><br>carbon dioxide output (VCO2 in litre per minute), anaerobic threshold (AT),<br /><br>blood pressure (BP in mmHg), breathing frequency (BF in breaths per minute)<br /><br>maximal ventilation (VE litre per minute), respiratory exchange rate (RER in<br /><br>%), rate of perceived exertion (RPE in 10 point Borg-scale) and daily activity<br /><br>log. </p><br>