Rapid Rehabilitation to Treat Lower Extremity Trauma

Mayo Clinic

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Lower Limb Trauma

Treatments: Behavioral: Promis Physical Function Questionnaire; Behavioral: L Test; Behavioral: Narrowing Beam Walking Test; Behavioral: PEQ-A

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05225792

21-010009

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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 (i.e., K-Level 3 or 4).
• For subjects with limb salvage, they will need to have an IDEO and be entered into the Return-to-Run training program.

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects must not have excessive pain or other neuromuscular problems that preclude them from performing the test protocol.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Injured Service Members

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: PEQ-A

Behavioral: Narrowing Beam Walking Test

Behavioral: L Test

Behavioral: Promis Physical Function Questionnaire