High-Level Mobility of Trans-Tibial Prosthesis Users Wearing Commercial and sPace Energy-Storing Prosthetic Feet
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Issued Date
2022-10-01
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ISSN
16617827
eISSN
16604601
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85139811966
Pubmed ID
36231917
Journal Title
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume
19
Issue
19
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol.19 No.19 (2022)
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Rakbangboon T., Guerra G., Kla-arsa S., Padungjaroen U., Tangpornprasert P., Virulsri C., Sasaki K. High-Level Mobility of Trans-Tibial Prosthesis Users Wearing Commercial and sPace Energy-Storing Prosthetic Feet. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol.19 No.19 (2022). doi:10.3390/ijerph191912606 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/84673
Title
High-Level Mobility of Trans-Tibial Prosthesis Users Wearing Commercial and sPace Energy-Storing Prosthetic Feet
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Abstract
Outcomes of users provided with a commercial ESR Vari-Flex foot (Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland) and a locally designed sPace foot were investigated. Step activity with users’ own prosthetic foot compared to the sPace foot was explored. Methods: Eleven individuals with unilateral trans-tibial amputation participated and were provided with an sPace and Vari-Flex foot. Ten- and twenty-meter walk tests (10/20MWT) at comfortable and fast walking speeds (CWS/FWS), the two-minute walk test (2-MWT) and Comprehensive High-Level Activity Mobility Predictor (CHAMP) were administered. A subgroup was provided a pedometer to record their steps over a 7-day period in their own foot and later the sPace. Results: The sPace foot performed well in a battery of high-level mobility outcome measures. On CHAMP, participants scored 16.94 ± 5.41 and 16.72 ± 6.09 with the sPace and Vari-Flex feet, respectively. Subgroup testing of step activity showed 4490 ± 3444 steps in users’ own feet and 3115 ± 1967 in the sPace foot, p = 0.176. Conclusions: Participants using the sPace foot were capable of performing walking, high-level mobility and activity outcome measures.