Biomechanical risk factors for knee osteoarthritis and lower back pain in lower limb amputees: protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is a limited research exploring biomechanical risk factors for the development of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and lower back pain (LBP) between lower limb amputee subgroups, (eg, transtibial amputees (TTA) vs transfemoral amputees (TFA), or TTA dysvascular vs TTA traumatic). Previous reviews have focused primarily on studies where symptoms of KOA or LBP are present, however, due to limited study numbers, this hinders their scope and ability to compare between amputee subgroups. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review is to descriptively compare biomechanical risk factors for developing KOA and LBP between lower limb amputee subgroups, irrespective of whether KOA or LBP was present.

Methods and analysis

This review is currently in progress and screening

SUBMITTER: Wade L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9680152 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature