Walking Characteristics of Patients With Amputation

Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Amputation

Treatments: Other: investigation of the factors affecting walking characteristics

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05595291

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The main purpose of the study is to reveal the early and late changes in the walking characteristics of patients with lower extremity amputation. Secondly, it is planned to reveal the factors affecting the walking characteristics of patients with amputation and to compare individuals with different levels of amputation in terms of clinical outcome measures.

Full description

It is important to investigate the long-term changes in walking characteristics of patients with amputation and the factors affecting walking characteristics in these patients regarding prosthesis rehabilitation.

The main purpose of the study is to reveal the early and late changes in the walking characteristics of patients with lower extremity amputation. Secondly, it is planned to reveal the factors affecting the walking characteristics of patients with amputation and to compare individuals with different levels of amputation in terms of clinical outcome measures.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged between 18 and 65
• Presence of lower extremity amputation

Exclusion criteria

• Conditions that prevent the use of prosthesis (wound, pain, etc.)
• Having a history of rheumatic disease
• Having cardiac pathology
• Having pulmonary pathology
• Having a situation that prevents communication
• Not giving written consent