The Effect of Gait Training Using Virtual Reality and Real-Time Feedback on Physiological and Functional Gait Performance in Persons With a Traumatic Lower Extremity Amputation (VRVO2)

Brooke Army Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Elevated Metabolic Cost

Treatments: Other: Gait Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01225432

C.2008.050dt

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess the carryover effect of an innovative new gait training program on physiological and functional gait performance in persons with a traumatic lower extremity amputation. A second objective is to clarify the relationship between gait biomechanics (joint and sgment kinematics and energy cost.

Enrollment: 66 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Unilateral traumatic trans-tibial or transfemoral amputation
• Independent ambulation without an assistive device for a minimum of three months
• Ability to ambulate continuously for a minimum of 15 minutes
• Trans-femoral participants must use an ischial containment socket
• VAS Pain scores on the involved side of less than 4/10
• Sagittal plane ankle, knee and hip strength of 4 or greater on the uninvolved side as determined by manual muscle test.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Blindness
• TBI-Glascow Coma Scale score of 12 or lower at the time of injury
• Cardiac or pulmonary problems limiting physical activity PTSD or other psychological condition with symptoms that would be exacerbated by participation in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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66 participants in 1 patient group

Gait Training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Gait Training