ArticleArchives of physical medicine and rehabilitation2015
Health-related profiles of people with lower limb loss.
Article in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A Client-Based Outcome System for Individuals With Lower Limb Amputation
Metabolic Cost and Physical Activity in Sedentary Adults With a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation as Compared to Controls
Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface for Functional Limb Restoration After Transtibial Amputation
Using a Psychosocial Transitional Group to Improve Adaptation, Coping and Mental Health Outcomes Following Limb Loss
Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.
- Therapeutic benefits of lower limb prostheses: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Pooled it
- A review of user needs to drive the development of lower limb prostheses.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
- The effects of microprocessor prosthetic knee use in early rehabilitation: A pilot randomized controlled trial.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Using a microprocessor knee (C-Leg) with appropriate foot transitioned individuals with dysvascular transfemoral amputations to higher performance levels: a longitudinal randomized clinical trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
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- Managing Hip Arthritis in an Above-Knee Amputee: A Case Report of Total Hip Arthroplasty with Surgical Technique and Rehabilitation Considerations.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Preliminary development and validation of a textile-based pressure-sensing system for lower-limb prosthetic sockets.Biomedical engineering online · 2026Article
- Health economic evaluation of trans-tibial prosthetic suspension systems: a protocol for a pilot using an observational study and synthetic cohort.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2025Article
- A behaviour change intervention promoting physical activity following dysvascular amputation: Protocol for a pilot study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Using a novel psychosocial group intervention to improve adaption, coping and mental health outcomes following dysvascular limb amputations: A feasibility study.Canadian prosthetics & orthotics journal · 2025Article
- Navigating life after multiple amputations: a qualitative exploration of rehabilitation and everyday challenges in Norway.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2025Article
- Machine Learning Model for Predicting Walking Ability in Lower Limb Amputees.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- When the Going Gets Tough: A Review of Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients with Ipsilateral Above- and Below-Knee Amputation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- Depression, anxiety, coping, and resilience among amputees: A cross-sectional tertiary care hospital-based study.Industrial psychiatry journal · 2024Article
- FHIR-standardized data collection on the clinical rehabilitation pathway of trans-femoral amputation patients.Scientific data · 2024Article
- The Effect of Prosthetic Limb Sophistication and Amputation Level on Self-reported Mobility and Satisfaction With Mobility.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Reconstruction of Soft Tissues of the Postamputation Lower Leg Stump with a Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap for Optimal Prosthesis.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Programmes for People with Lower Limb Amputation: A Survey of Clinical Practice in Canada.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2024Article
- After scaling to body size hip strength of the residual limb exceeds that of the intact limb among unilateral lower limb prosthesis users.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Development of an item bank for measuring prosthetic mobility in people with lower limb amputation: The Prosthetic Limb Users Survey of Mobility (PLUS-M).PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo construct profiles of self-reported health indicators to examine differences and similarities between people with lower limb loss and a normative sample (hereafter called the norm) and to compare health indicators between subgroups based on level and etiology of limb loss.
designSurvey.
settingGeneral community.
participantsAdults with unilateral lower limb loss (N=1091) participated in this study. Eligibility criteria included lower limb loss due to trauma or dysvascular complications and regular use of a prosthesis.
interventionsNot applicable.
main outcome measuresThe Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System 29-item Health Profile version 1.0 measures physical function, pain interference, fatigue, sleep disturbance, anxiety, depression, and satisfaction with participation in social roles. The norm includes 5239 individuals representative of the U.S. general population in sex, age, race, ethnicity, and education.
resultsPeople with lower limb loss reported statistically significantly worse physical function, pain interference, and satisfaction with participation in social roles and significantly less fatigue than did the norm. People with transfemoral (ie, above-knee) amputation significantly differed in physical function from people with transtibial (ie, below-knee) amputation. Similarly, people with amputation due to trauma and dysvascular etiology significantly differed in physical function and satisfaction with social roles after adjusting for relevant clinical characteristics.
conclusionsPeople with lower limb loss generally report worse physical function, pain interference, and satisfaction with social roles than do the norm. People with dysvascular amputation reported worse physical function and satisfaction with social roles than did people with traumatic amputation. Health indicator profiles are an efficient way of providing clinically meaningful information about numerous aspects of self-reported health in people with lower limb loss.
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