Metabolic Cost Savings for Transtibial Amputees Wearing the Controlled Energy Storage and Return (CESR) Foot

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Transtibial Amputation

In brief

To determine if below-knee amputees will walk with better efficiency wearing a CESR foot which stores energy at heel strike and releases energy releases energy during push-off.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00494143

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

7

Starts

2007-07-01

Expected to finish

2012-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-06-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Transtibial Amputees > 1 year walking with prosthesis
• Non-amputee control subjects

You may not qualify if…

• Additional musculoskeletal pathology
• Cognitive limitation

Where it is running

• VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle — Seattle, Washington, United States

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