[Functional assessment scales and lower limb amputation].
BACKGROUND
This paper is a review of the literature on assessment tools in lower limb amputees.


METHODS
The authors have research on Medline(R) data base the different tools with keys words "lower limb amputee or amputation, functional evaluation or outcome assessment tools, activity of daily living", and have completed the research with the references of papers.


RESULTS
A comprehensive approach of the consequences of an amputation and of the outcome of prosthetic care should include an evaluation of gait, use of the prosthesis in activities of daily life, acceptability and satisfaction with the device.


CONCLUSIONS
Functional assessment tools that are validated are recent, and most of them were developed in English. They take into account the use and the acceptance of the device, but there is no study using them for an important sample population.


CONCLUSIONS
It is now necessary to translate the recent tools into French, and to confirm their validity and sensitivity to change.
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Service de médecine physique et réadaptation et GIP Exercice, université Jean-Monnet, CHU, 42055, Saint-Etienne, France. paulcalmels@univ-st-etienne.fr
Béthoux
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Le-Quang
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Chagnon
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Rigal
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000534:rehabilitation; D000674:Amputees / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery*; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D004856:Postural Balance; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Echelles d'évaluation fonctionnelle et amputation du membre inférieur.