Effects of ankle-foot prosthesis design on gait and standing performance in transfemoral prosthesis users: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Ankle-foot mechanisms are designed to substitute for missing anatomical behavior of lower-limb prosthesis users. Historically, the majority of ankle-foot mechanism research has been focused on transtibial prosthesis users despite evidence that current knowledge is not directly translated to transfemoral prosthesis users, such as the influence of single-axis knee alignment during gait and the differences in standing balance management. This review attempts to characterize the current state of published knowledge about the effects of ankle-foot prosthesis design on standing and walking performance in transfemoral prosthesis users. The databases of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and IEEE Xplore were searched on January 6, 2025. Data from the selected articles were extracted and rep

SUBMITTER: Vaca MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12895200 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature