Open AccessAre Gait Parameters for Through-knee Amputees Different From Matched Transfemoral Amputees?
Author(s) -
Dustin J. Schuett,
Marilynn Wyatt,
Trevor Kingsbury,
Nancy Thesing,
David M. Dromsky,
Kevin Kuhn
Publication year - 2018
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/s11999.0000000000000212
Subject(s) - amputation , medicine , gait , stride , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , prosthesis , cadence , phantom pain , orthopedic surgery , surgery
Through-knee amputation is a common amputation level after battlefield injuries during the medical evacuation process. However, there are limited data comparing through-knee amputation with transfemoral amputation as a definitive amputation level in terms of gait parameters.