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Titre : | Improved Weight-Bearing Symmetry for Transfemoral Amputees During Standing Up and Sitting Down With a Powered Knee-Ankle Prosthesis (2016) |
Auteurs : | Ann M. Simon ; Nicholas P. Fey ; Kimberly A. Ingraham |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2016/7, 2016) |
Article en page(s) : | pp. 11001106 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Membre inférieur ; Rééducation et réadaptation |
Mots-clés: | Artificial limbs ; Membres artificiels ; Lower extremity ; Prosthesis design ; Conception de prothèse ; Weight-bearing ; Mise en charge |
Résumé : |
Objective To test a new user-modulated control strategy that enables improved control of a powered knee-ankle prosthesis during sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit movements. Design Within-subject comparison study. Setting Gait laboratory. Participants Unilateral transfemoral amputees (N=7; 4 men, 3 women) capable of community ambulation. Interventions Subjects performed 10 repetitions of sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit with a powered knee-ankle prosthesis and with their prescribed passive prosthesis in a randomized order. With the powered prosthesis, knee and ankle power generation were controlled as a function of weight transferred onto the prosthesis. Main Outcome Measures Vertical ground reaction force limb asymmetry and durations of movement were compared statistically (Wilcoxon signed-rank test, α=.05). Results For sit-to-stand, peak vertical ground reaction forces were significantly less asymmetric using the powered prosthesis (mean, 19.3%+11.8%) than the prescribed prosthesis (57.9%+13.5%; P=.018), where positive asymmetry values represented greater force through the intact limb. For stand-to-sit, peak vertical ground reaction forces were also significantly less asymmetric using the powered prosthesis (28.06%+11.6%) than the prescribed prosthesis (48.2%+16%; P=.028). Duration of movement was not significantly different between devices (sit-to-stand: P=.18; stand-to-sit: P=.063). Conclusions Allowing transfemoral amputees more control over the timing and rate of knee and ankle power generation enabled users to stand up and sit down with their weight distributed more equally between their lower limbs. Increased weight bearing on the prosthetic limb may make such activities of daily living easier for transfemoral amputees. |
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