ArticleJournal of biomechanics2014
Dynamic stability of individuals with transtibial amputation walking in destabilizing environments.
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- The SoftFoot Pro: an anthropomorphic and adaptive soft articulated prosthetic foot.Nature communications · 2026Article
- [Agonist-antagonist myoneural interface (AMI) : Innovative treatment option for lower limb amputees?]Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Development of a multidimensional military readiness assessment.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2024Article
- Agonist-antagonist muscle strain in the residual limb preserves motor control and perception after amputation.Communications medicine · 2022Article
- Dynamic balancing responses in unilateral transtibial amputees following outward-directed perturbations during slow treadmill walking differ considerably for amputated and non-amputated side.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- The effects of ground-irregularity-cancelling prosthesis control on balance over uneven surfaces.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
- The feasibility and validity of a wearable sensor system to assess the stability of high-functioning lower-limb prosthesis users.Journal of prosthetics and orthotics : JPO · 2020Article
- How healthy older adults regulate lateral foot placement while walking in laterally destabilizing environments.Journal of biomechanics · 2020Article
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- Humans use multi-objective control to regulate lateral foot placement when walking.PLoS computational biology · 2019Article
- Risk factors associated with in-hospital falls reported to the Patient Safety Commitee of a teaching hospital.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2019Article
- Gait stability in response to platform, belt, and sensory perturbations in young and older adults.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2018Article
- Proactive Locomotor Adjustments Are Specific to Perturbation Uncertainty in Below-Knee Prosthesis Users.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Conservation of Reactive Stabilization Strategies in the Presence of Step Length Asymmetries During Walking.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2018Article
- Step-to-Step Ankle Inversion/Eversion Torque Modulation Can Reduce Effort Associated with Balance.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2017Article
- Can real-time visual feedback during gait retraining reduce metabolic demand for individuals with transtibial amputation?PloS one · 2017Article
- Use of Perturbation-Based Gait Training in a Virtual Environment to Address Mediolateral Instability in an Individual With Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation.Physical therapy · 2016Article
- Measurement strategy and statistical power in studies assessing gait stability and variability in older adults.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2016Article
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Abstract
Lower limb amputation substantially disrupts motor and proprioceptive function. People with lower limb amputation experience considerable impairments in walking ability, including increased fall risk. Understanding the biomechanical aspects of the gait of these patients is crucial in improving their gait function and their quality of life. In the present study, 9 persons with unilateral transtibial amputation and 13 able-bodied controls walked on a large treadmill in a Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN). While walking, subjects were either not perturbed, or were perturbed either by continuous mediolateral platform movements or by continuous mediolateral movements of the visual scene. Means and standard deviations of both step lengths and step widths increased significantly during both perturbation conditions (all p<0.001) for both groups. Measures of variability, local and orbital dynamic stability of trunk movements likewise exhibited large and highly significant increases during both perturbation conditions (all p<0.001) for both groups. Patients with amputation exhibited greater step width variability (p=0.01) and greater trunk movement variability (p=0.04) during platform perturbations, but did not exhibit greater local or orbital instability than healthy controls for either perturbation conditions. Our findings suggest that, in the absence of other co-morbidities, patients with unilateral transtibial amputation appear to retain sufficient sensory and motor function to maintain overall upper body stability during walking, even when substantially challenged. Additionally, these patients did not appear to rely more heavily on visual feedback to maintain trunk stability during these walking tasks.
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