What is the Optimal Stiffness and Height of a Running-specific Prosthesis?

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Conditions studied: Amputation, Traumatic, Traumatic Amputation of Lower Extremity, Wounds and Injuries

In brief

The proposed study aims to characterize the effects of running-specific leg prosthetic stiffness and height during on performance during running and sprinting to optimize running-specific prosthesis prescription. The investigators will collect biomechanical and metabolic data from participants with unilateral and bilateral below the knee amputations while they run at different speeds on a treadmill. This data will be used to understand the effects of running prostheses. Then, these parameters will be used to develop prosthetic prescription techniques for people with below the knee amputations.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02318979

Run by

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

People needed

30

Starts

2013-10-01

Expected to finish

2018-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• bilateral or unilateral transtibial amputation
• at least one year of running experience using running-specific prostheses
• 18-55 years old
• no current problems with their prosthesis or residual limb
• at a K4 Medicare Functional Classification Level

You may not qualify if…

• Cardiovascular, pulmonary, or neurological disease or disorder

Where it is running

• University of Colorado Boulder — Boulder, Colorado, United States

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