As more and more prosthetic feet become commercially available, the selection of the appropriate device is a more difficult task for clinical team members. To date, ranking prosthetic feet based on biomechanical parameters has been done using the spring efficiency. The current analytical technique for calculating spring efficiency has two flaws: first, prosthetic feet with a bendable flexible k...

OBJECTIVES To identify characteristics of upper-body kinematics and torque transmission to the ground during locomotion in a group of patients with transfemoral amputation as compared with a group of asymptomatic subjects; and to investigate the influence of walking velocity and residual limb length on several characteristics of upper-body motion. DESIGN Three-dimensional gait analysis with a...

Normal wound healing with avoidance of early wound complications is critical to the success of total knee arthroplasty. The severity of acute complications includes less morbid problems, such as quickly resolved drainage and small superficial eschars, to persistent drainage and full-thickness tissue necrosis, which may require advanced soft-tissue coverage. To achieve proper healing, surgeons m...

in this study, we investigated variations of the angle between neck and shaft of femur after amputation of tigh above the knee. in amputated tigh the angle between neck and shaft of the femur is decreased than normal (nearly 90° degrees) (coax vara). the angle of the normal femur usually increases due to weight bearing (coax valga). in the patients that both tighs have been amputated the change...

This case report details our experience with lower-extremity ischemia due to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The patient presented massive myonecrosis caused by of the thighs and lower legs. Biphasic wound closure was performed using ultrasound debridement negative-pressure therapy prepare bed after knee disarticulation above-knee amputation.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between race and level of amputation and to discuss the implications if a disparity was found. METHODS From the 2003 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 80845 (weighted) discharges with a diagnosis of vascular disease and black or white race were evaluated for a disparity in level of amputation. Lev...

BACKGROUND Stump problems (SPs) secondary to traumatic lower limb amputation had a crucial influence on amputees' ability to return to living and work. The purpose of this study was to investigate the surgical management strategies of the SPs after above-ankle amputation of the lower limb secondary to trauma. METHOD A cohort of clinical cases, who were troubled by SPs after above-ankle amputa...

The healing in 20 through-knee amputations was compared with preoperatively measured skin perfusion pressure, determined as the minimal external pressure required to stop the washout of isotopes injected intradermally 10 cm distal to the knee joint. Out of 18 amputations with a skin perfusion pressure of above 20 mmHg only 2 failed to heal, whereas 2 out of 4 cases with skin perfusion pressure ...

35 Background Stump problems(SPs)secondary to traumatic lower limb amputation had a crucial influence on 36 amputees’ ability to return to living and work. The purpose of this study was to investigate the surgical management 37 strategies of the SPs after above-ankle amputation of the lower limb secondary to trauma. 38 Method A cohort of clinical cases, who were troubled by SPs after above-ankl...