The Effect of Alignment Changes on Unilateral Transtibial Amputee's Gait: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prosthetic alignment, positioning of a prosthetic foot relative to a socket, is an iterative process in which an amputee's gait is optimized through repetitive optical gait observation and induction of alignment adjustments when deviations are detected in spatiotemporal and kinematic gait parameters. An important limitation of the current prosthetic alignment approach is the subjectivity and the lack of standardized quantifiable baseline values. The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate if an optimal alignment criterion can be derived from published articles. Moreover, we investigated the effect of alignment changes on spatiotemporal, kinematic and kinetic gait parameters.

Results

A total of 11 studies were included, two controlled before-and-after

SUBMITTER: Jonkergouw N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5140067 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature