Improved Training Method for Advanced Rehabilitation of Warfighters With Lower Extremity Trauma
Mayo Clinic
Summary
The purpose of this study is to find out if an advance balance perturbation training program can enhance the rehabilitation process by increasing weight-bearing strategies on the prosthetic or injured limb, and, help reduce stumbles and falls.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Research participants will be eligible active duty service members and retired veterans. * Having lower limb trauma (transtibial and transfemoral amputations, bilateral amputations, and limb salvage). * Are enrolled in conventional rehabilitation at the participating military treatment centers. * Subjects with dysvascular disease will be excluded because compromised lower limb somatosensation and circulation are independently linked with poor postural stability and a history of frequent falls. * For subjects with amputations, the individual must be a community ambulator…
Interventions
- BehavioralPromis Physical Function Questionnaire
Patient reported physical function outcomes
- BehavioralL Test
Performance based measure assessing general physical function and balance ability.
- BehavioralNarrowing Beam Walking Test
Subjects attempt to walk along 4 progressively narrower beam segments with their arms crossed over their chest.
- BehavioralPEQ-A
Survey on confidence, stumbles and falls.
Location
- Mayo Clinic in RochesterRochester, Minnesota