ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2021
Bodyweight distribution between limbs, muscle strength, and proprioception in traumatic transtibial amputees: a cross-sectional study.
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The Comparison of Joint Position Sense in Diabetic and Traumatic Transtibial Amputees and The Investigation of The Relationship Between Compliance With a Prosthesis, Balance, and Functional Performance With Joint Position Sense
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- Methods to assess lower limb prosthetic adaptation: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
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- Comparative Analysis of Standing Postural Control and Perturbation-Induced Muscle Activity in Transtibial and Transfemoral Amputees.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Biomechanical and Kinematic Gait Analysis in Lower Limb Amputees: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2025Article
- Assessment of isokinetic hip muscle strength and predictors in patients with lower limb amputation: A cross-sectional study.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Effects of Unity Prosthetic Elevated Vacuum Suspension System on Minimum Swing Toe Clearance.Canadian prosthetics & orthotics journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate how transtibial amputation (TT) affects bodyweight distribution, voluntary knee joint position sense (JPS), and quadriceps (QUA) and hamstrings (HAM) strength in prosthetized patients.
methodsOnly TT patients who had been prosthetized for more than one year were included, and an age-paired able-bodied group was used as control. The participants stood on force plates with their eyes open to measure bodyweight distribution between the limbs. Knee voluntary JPS was assessed by actively reproducing a set of given arbitrary joint angles using a video analysis approach, and QUA and HAM strength were assessed isometrically with a hand-held dynamometer.
resultsSixteen TT subjects (age: 39.4±4.8 years) and sixteen age-paired control subjects (age: 38.4±4.3 years) participated in the study. The amputees supported their bodyweight majorly on the sound limb (54.8±8.3%, p<0.001). The proprioceptive performance was similar between the amputated (absolute error (AE): 2.2±1.6°, variable error (VE): 1.9±1.6°, constant error (CE): -0.7±2.0°) and non-amputated limbs (AE: 2.6±0.9°, VE: 2.1±0.9°, CE: 0.02±2.3°), and was not different from that of control subjects (AE: 2.0±0.9°, VE: 1.4±0.4°, CE: -1.1±1.7°). There was a considerable weakness of the QUA and HAM in the amputated limb compared with the sound limb and control subjects (p<0.001 both).
conclusionsThe asymmetric bodyweight distribution in the transtibial amputees was not accompanied by a reduction in knee proprioception. There was significant weakness in the amputated limb, which could be a potential issue when designing rehabilitation programs.
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