Evaluation of an Acceleration-Based Prosthetic Knee Locking Mechanism for Reducing the Risk of Falling in Transfemoral Amputees

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Transfemoral Amputees

Treatments: Device: Locking mechanism for prosthetic knee

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01982721

Roee_HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesize that a new automatic prosthetic knee locking mechanism will improve gait characteristics during an induced controlled trip and reduce fear of falling.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• transfemoral amputees
• Independent ambulation with a prosthesis
• Full cognitive and cooperative ability to follow simple instructions
• No orthopaedic or neurologic impairments present, that are unrelated to the amputation at the time of the trial

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive disorders preventing the subject from understanding the trial protocol, signing a consent form or following the researcher's instructions
• Orthopaedic or neurologic impairment, un-related to the amputation
• Pregnant woman
• Weight exceeding 100 kg

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

Transfemoral amputees

Experimental group

Description:

Locking mechanism for prosthetic knee (no trade mark provided)

Treatment:

Device: Locking mechanism for prosthetic knee

Healthy volunteers

No Intervention group