Schans, S.M. van der (Sanne) (2017) Comparing lateral trunk bend between prosthetic walkers walking with a new prototype and a classic prosthesis. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Study design: Case-control study Background: After a lower limb amputation, the hip strategy is the residual strategy to maintain balance. A new prototype can be used in addition to the hip strategy. Objectives: The aim of this study is to check if the lateral trunk bend decreases in the prototype condition compared to the classic prosthetic condition. The second aim is to check whether there is a relation between the length of the residual limb and the lateral stump length. Methods: Subjects walked continuously four minutes on different velocities with the prototype and with the classic prosthesis. Different t-test were done to compare the lateral trunk bend between the subject groups. Results: Lateral trunk bend is significantly lower whether the subjects perform the walking task with the prototype compared to the lateral trunk bend in the classic condition. The height of the amputation is found as a covariate. Conclusion: The prototype condition has a significant lower lateral trunk bend compared to the classic condition. Secondly, the lower the transfemoral amputation, the less asymmetric lateral trunk bend prosthetic walkers show.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Hal, E.S. van and Otten, E. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2022 08:18 |
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2022 08:18 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3265 |
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