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What is the Optimal Stiffness and Height of a Running-specific Prosthesis?
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Otto Bock prosthesis, Ossur prosthesis, and 1 other intervention for Amputation, Traumatic and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 30 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
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.
Study Details
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Interventions
Participants will run using the Otto Bock prosthesis at a recommended stiffness and height, one category stiffer than recommended at the recommended height, one category softter than recommended at the recommended height, at the optimal stiffness and 2 cm taller, and at the optimal stiffness and 2 cm shorter.
Participants will run using the Ossur prosthesis at a recommended stiffness and height, one category stiffer than recommended at the recommended height, one category softter than recommended at the recommended height, at the optimal stiffness and 2 cm taller, and at the optimal stiffness and 2 cm shorter.
Participants will run using the Freedom Innovations prosthesis at a recommended stiffness and height, one category stiffer than recommended at the recommended height, one category softter than recommended at the recommended height, at the optimal stiffness and 2 cm taller, and at the optimal stiffness and 2 cm shorter.