Development of a Simulation Tool for Upper Extremity Prostheses

Completed

Conditions studied: Traumatic Amputation of Upper Limb, Level Unspecified

In brief

Amputees often choose not to wear prostheses due to marginal performance or may settle for a prosthesis that offers only cosmetic improvement, but lacks function. A simulation tool consisting of a robotics-based human body model (RHBM) to predict functional motions, and integrated modules for aid in prescription, training, comparative study, and determination of design parameters of upper extremity prostheses will be developed. The main objective of collecting and analyzing human movement during several common tasks is to optimize and validate the robotics based human model. The range of motion data of subjects performing activities of daily living such as opening a door, turning a wheel, grooming, eating, bilateral lifting, as well as recreational and sport activities such as swinging a baseball bat, and golf club will be analyzed. This motion analysis data will also be used to compare data between four groups: a control group (n=10), a braced group simulating prosthesis use (n=10), a group wearing a transradial prosthesis (n=10) and a group wearing a transhumeral prosthesis (n =10).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01622530

Run by

University of South Florida

People needed

30

Starts

2010-07-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All subjects will be capable of providing an informed consent.
• Normal healthy adult subjects and upper limb amputees that currently use a prosthesis to complete activities of daily living will be included.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects younger than 18 or older than 65 will be excluded.
• Adults that are unable to consent will be excluded from the study.
• Subjects that have health issues or injuries that would prevent them from lifting five pounds or completing simple tasks of daily living will be excluded from the study.
• Subjects will be asked if they are able to lift five pounds, open a door and drink from a cup without pain or injury. Before study set up and recording begins, subjects will be asked to practice these tasks to insure that they are capable of completing them.
• Pregnant women will be excluded from this study due to the changes in some physical abilities during pregnancy.

Where it is running

• University of South Floria RRT building — Tampa, Florida, United States

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