Walking ability of individuals fitted with transfemoral bone-anchored prostheses: A comparative study of gait parameters.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study presents the walking abilities of participants fitted with transfemoral bone-anchored prostheses using a total of 14 gait parameters.

Design

Two-centre retrospective cross-sectional comparative study.

Setting

Research facilities equipped with tridimensional motion capture systems.

Participants

Two control arms included eight able-bodied participants arm (54 ± 9 years, 1.75 ± 0.07 m, 76 ± 7 kg) and nine participants fitted with transfemoral socket-suspended prostheses arm (59 ± 9 years, 1.73 ± 0.07 m, 80 ± 16 kg). The intervention arm included nine participants fitted with transfemoral bone-anchored prostheses arm (51 ± 13 years, 1.78 ± 0.09 m, 87.3 ± 16.1 kg).

Intervention

Fitting of transfemoral bone-anchored prostheses.

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SUBMITTER: Ranaldi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10580681 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature