Gait Evaluation of Experienced Below Knee Amputees

Overview

Post traumatic amputees with an experience of over 3 months of prosthesis use at home, without any known difficulty using the prosthesis and without stump pathology, using no assistive devices, will be examined in a 3 D computerized gait laboratory. Kinematic and kinetic parameters of gait will be obtained.

Full Title of Study: “Gait Evaluation of Experienced Post Traumatic Below Knee Amputees”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Observational
  • Study Design
    • Time Perspective: Prospective
  • Study Primary Completion Date: July 2007

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • Post traumatic trans tibial amputees – No stump pathology – No assistive devices – No technical difficulty Exclusion Criteria:

  • Vascular or DM background – Stump pathology – Gait difficulties – Assistive device

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 20 Years

Maximum Age: 75 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Sheba Medical Center
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Uri Givon MD, Sheba Medical Center
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Uri Givon, MD, Principal Investigator, Motion analysis Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center

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