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POSTURAL SWAY IN LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTEES AND OLDER ADULTS MAY SUGGEST INCREASED FALL RISK IN AMPUTEES

Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal, 2020
BACKGROUND: Falls can be detrimental to overall health and quality of life for lower extremity amputees. Most previous studies of postural steadiness focus on quantification of time series variables extracted from postural sway signals. While it has been
Hamid Bateni
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Arterial Stiffness in Lower Limb Amputees

Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine, 2011
Background A high carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) has been related to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, but has not been previously evaluated in amputees. The aim of this study was to compare PWV between amputees and nonamputees.
Pedro Magalhães, Daniel P. Capingana, Amílcar B.T. Silva, Inês R. Capunge, Mauer A.A. Gonçalves   +4 more
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Complications After the Use of Trans-Tibial Prostheses in Patients With Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Many factors are affected after amputation and prosthetic use in patients with diabetes mellitus. Our study aimed to evaluate complications, satisfaction, and walking ability of patients with diabetes following 1 year of using trans‐tibial prostheses.
Moulodi N, Saeed S, Aziz Z, Awla M, Babakir N, Ahmad R.   +5 more
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The Effect of a Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Training Program on Walking Parameters in People With Unilateral Below-Knee Amputation: An Experimental and a Single-Subject Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims The virtual reality (VR) environment has the potential to be an effective component of walking training in the rehabilitation of lower limb amputees. Creating an accessible walking training program based on fully immersive VR environment could enhance the applicability of this technology in this population.
Kashani RV, Arazpour M, Biglarian A, Keshavarzi F.   +3 more
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Postural responses during volitional and perturbed dynamic balance tasks in new lower limb amputees: A longitudinal study [PDF]

, 2012
This study examined the adaptation of postural responses in transtibial amputees during both perturbed and volitional dynamic balance tasks during a five-month period following discharge from inpatient rehabilitation.
Polman, R.C.J., Vanicek, N., Polman, R. C. J., Vanicek, Natalie, Polman, RCJ, Barnett, Cleveland T, Barnett, C. T., Polman, Remco, Barnett, CT, Barnett, C.T., Vanicek, N   +10 more
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Longitudinal kinematic and kinetic adaptations to obstacle crossing in recent lower limb amputees [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Obstacle crossing is an important activity of daily living, necessary to avoid tripping or falling, although it is not fully understood how transtibial amputees adapt to performing this activity of daily living following discharge from ...
Vanicek, Natalie, Vanicek, N., Polman, RCJ, Barnett, Cleveland T, Barnett, Cleveland Thomas, Polman, Remco C.J., Barnett, C., Polman, Remco C. J., Polman, Remco, Barnett, CT, Vanicek, N   +10 more
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Amputation-related phantom limb pain in Nigeria: A prospective cohort study

Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2020
Background: Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a common and distressing complication of limb amputations. Literature on PLP in Nigeria and indeed Africa is scant despite the high rate of amputations in published works.
Arinze D. G. Nwosu, Ifeanyi A Anikwe, Bonaventure I Eze, Edmund N Ossai, Fidelis A Onyekwulu   +4 more
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A Comparative Study of Muenster Socket versus Split Socket with Step-Up Hinge on Very Short Transradial Amputees

Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2023
Persons with very short transradial stump find extreme difficulty in performing daily routine activities. The Muenster socket prosthesis was compared to split socket with step-up hinge prosthesis in this study, while both the designs were compared in ...
Rani Kumari
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Mechanical work performed by individual limbs of transfemoral amputees during step-to-step transitions: Effect of walking velocity [PDF]

, 2014
The greater metabolic demand during the gait of people with a transfemoral amputation limits their autonomy and walking velocity. Major modifications of the kinematic and kinetic patterns of transfemoral amputee gait quantified using gait analysis may ...
Xavier Bonnet, Hélène Pillet, FODÉ, Pascale, Pascale Fodé, VILLA, Coralie, BONNET, Xavier, LAVASTE, François, Francois Lavaste, PILLET, Helene, Coralie Villa   +9 more
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Quality of life among amputees: A mediating role of social support

Medical Journal of Babylon, 2023
Background: Social support for amputee patients can get them out of the atmosphere of illness or disability and inspire them with a great deal of optimism and hope and make them forget the missing part, even if temporarily. Objectives: The study aimed to
Rusull Hamza Kh AL-Jubori, Amean A Yasir, Nada Khazal K Hindi   +2 more
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