Gait analysis in peripheral vascular insufficiency through-knee amputation.
Due to recent improvements in prosthetic limb componentry, through-the-knee (knee disarticulation) amputation has gained new interest for rehabilitation-minded amputation surgeons. Recent objective scientific studies from our gait analysis laboratory have described the walking characteristics of peripheral vascular insufficiency through-knee amputees, and have compared their function with similar patients amputated above (transfemoral), or below (trans-tibial), the knee joint. This paper provides a summary of that available information.
Pinzur
M S
MS
Loyola University Medical School, Maywood, IL 60153.
D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004576:Electromyography; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016138:Walking