Open AccessDoes a Torsion Adapter Improve Functional Mobility, Pain, and Fatigue in Patients with Transtibial Amputation?
Author(s) -
Ava D. Segal,
Rose Kracht,
Glenn K. Klute
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999-014-3607-9
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , adapter (computing) , torsion (gastropod) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , surgery , computer hardware , computer science
Turning gait is an integral part of daily ambulation and likely poses a greater challenge for patients with transtibial amputation compared with walking a straight pathway. A torsion adapter is a prosthetic component that can increase transverse plane compliance of the prosthesis and decrease the torque applied to the residual limb, but whether this will improve patients' mobility, pain, and fatigue remains unknown.