Functional performance and safety of bone-anchored prostheses in persons with a transfemoral or transtibial amputation: a prospective one-year follow-up cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives:

(1) To compare level of function, activity, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and satisfaction in persons with a lower extremity amputation before surgery and 6- and 12-months after implantation of an osseointegration implant and (2) to report adverse events.

Design:

Prospective cohort study.

Setting:

University medical centre.

Subjects:

A total of 40 consecutive persons (median age: 56 years) who received a transfemoral (31) or transtibial (9) osseointegration implant, between April 2014 and March 2016.

Intervention:

Osseointegration implant surgery followed by a predefined rehabilitation programme.

Main measures:

Hip abductor strength, prosthetic use, back pain frequency, postoperative pain, mobility level (Timed-Up and Go (TUG)

SUBMITTER: Leijendekkers RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6416705 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature