Open AccessDo Upper-Limb Loss and Prosthesis Use Affect Lower-Limb Gait Dynamics?
Author(s) -
Kiley Armstrong,
John T. Brinkmann,
R. L. Stine,
Steven A. Gard,
Matthew J. Major
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of prosthetics and orthotics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1534-6331
pISSN - 1040-8800
DOI - 10.1097/jpo.0000000000000333
Subject(s) - cadence , ground reaction force , kinematics , gait , biomechanics , prosthesis , gait analysis , physical medicine and rehabilitation , lower limb , preferred walking speed , medicine , anatomy , physics , surgery , classical mechanics
Intentional interruption of upper and lower limb coordination of able-bodied subjects alters their gait biomechanics. However, the effect of upper-limb loss (ULL) on lower-limb gait biomechanics is not fully understood. The aim of this secondary study was to perform a follow-up analysis of a previous dataset to characterize the spatiotemporal parameters and lower-limb kinematics and kinetics of gait for persons with ULL when wearing and not wearing an upper limb prosthesis (ULP). We were particularly interested in quantifying the effects of matching the mass and inertia of the prosthetic limb to the sound limb.