Automatic Prosthetic Foot Stiffness Modulation to Improve Balance
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 70
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Basic Science
- Participants needed
- 20 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research · Other
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About This Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to identify prosthesis stiffness that optimizes balance control in individuals with below knee amputations. The main question this clinical trial will answer is:
• Is there an optimal stiffness that improves balance control for specific ambulatory activities and users? Participants will wear a novel prosthesis assembled with three prosthetic feet with a range of…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Unilateral transtibial (below-knee) amputation
* Been fit with a prosthesis and used it for at least 6 months
* Wear the prosthesis for 4 or more hours on average per day
* Be at least one-year post-amputation
* Able to walk on a treadmill
Exclusion Criteria:
* Presence of d…
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