Mayo Clinic
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.
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…
Patient reported physical function outcomes
Performance based measure assessing general physical function and balance ability.
Subjects attempt to walk along 4 progressively narrower beam segments with their arms crossed over their chest.
Survey on confidence, stumbles and falls.
Arctuva estimate
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