SynthesisEuropean journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine2022
Impact of microprocessor prosthetic knee on mobility and quality of life in patients with lower limb amputation: a systematic review of the literature.
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- User accommodation to an active microprocessor-controlled knee in individuals with unilateral transfemoral amputation: a 5-week non-randomized trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- 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
- Cyberlegs X-Leg at CYBATHLON 2024: insights on the control development of an active transfemoral prosthesis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Patient reported outcomes improve following lower limb prosthesis and socket and replacement.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2026Article
- Development and Biomechanical Evaluation of a Modular Knee Prosthesis: From Conceptual V1 Design to an Improved V3 Model.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Health-related quality of life in amputees with a microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knee measured by the EQ-5D-5L.Canadian prosthetics & orthotics journal · 2026Article
- Design and Testing of an Emg-Controlled Semi-Active Knee Prosthesis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Multimodal Approaches for Pain Management and Improving Functional Outcomes Following Amputation.Journal of orthopaedics and sports medicine · 2025Article
- Recent Advances in Biomimetics for the Development of Bio-Inspired Prosthetic Limbs.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Lower limb prosthetic prescription.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2023Review
- Advances in prosthetic technology: a perspective on ethical considerations for development and clinical translation.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionAdvanced technologies have made available the development of microprocessor prosthetic knee (MPK) to improve autonomy of patients with lower limb amputation. In the present systematic review, we aimed to evaluate the impact of the use of all types of MPK on patients' functional status and quality of life. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: We conducted this review according to the PRISMA Guidelines on Medline (via Ovid), Scopus and SportDiscuss. All identified articles were screened for their eligibility by two reviewers using Covidence software. The Cochrane Risk of Bias (RoB) or the NIH Quality Assessment Tool were used to assess the quality of the studies. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: Eighteen articles were included in the present review (7 randomized controlled trials - RCT), 6 cross-sectional and 5 follow-up studies). Number of participants included varied from 20 to 602, protocols' length varied from a single session to 12 weeks of use of MPK. Taken together, MPK users compared to NMPK users tend to present better functional status and mobility. Quality of life was also positively impacted in MPK users. On the other hand, the superiority of more advanced MPKs such as the Genium
conclusionsBased on our results, while it is clear that MPKs outperform NMPKs both for functional status and quality of life, additional benefits of one MPK over another is less clear. Future studies are needed to clarify these aspects.
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