Can external lateral stabilization reduce the energy cost of walking in persons with a lower limb amputation?

Highlights • We aimed to evaluate the energy cost for balance control in amputees and controls. • External lateral stabilization was used to determine the energy cost for balance control. • Stabilization was beneficial in transtibial but detrimental in transfemoral amputees. • The stabilization devi...

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Published inGait & posture Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 616 - 621
Main Authors IJmker, T, Noten, S, Lamoth, C.J, Beek, P.J, van der Woude, L.H.V, Houdijk, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier B.V 01.09.2014
Subjects
Adaptation, Physiological - physiology
Adult
Amputees
Balance control
Case-Control Studies
Disability Evaluation
Energy cost
Energy Metabolism
Exercise Test
External lateral stabilization
Female
Femur - surgery
Gait
Gait economy
Humans
Lower limb amputation
Male
Movement - physiology
Orthopedics
Oxygen Consumption - physiology
Postural Balance - physiology
Tibia - surgery
Walking - physiology
Balance control
Energy cost
Gait economy
Gait
Lower limb amputation
External lateral stabilization
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Summary:Highlights • We aimed to evaluate the energy cost for balance control in amputees and controls. • External lateral stabilization was used to determine the energy cost for balance control. • Stabilization was beneficial in transtibial but detrimental in transfemoral amputees. • The stabilization device possibly impedes necessary gait adaptations in amputees. • The energy cost for balance control in amputees remains to be determined.
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ISSN:0966-6362
1879-2219
DOI:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.07.013