Open AccessHow does ankle power on the prosthetic side influence loading parameters on the sound side during level walking of persons with transfemoral amputation?
Author(s) -
Eva Pröbsting,
Björn Altenburg,
Malte Bellmann,
Kerstin Krug,
Thomas Schmalz
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
prosthetics and orthotics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.729
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1746-1553
pISSN - 0309-3646
DOI - 10.1097/pxr.0000000000000099
Subject(s) - ankle , heel , ground reaction force , work (physics) , power (physics) , sound (geography) , acoustics , foot (prosody) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , computer science , physics , surgery , anatomy , kinematics , linguistics , philosophy , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
Increased ankle power on the prosthetic side seems to decrease biomechanical loading parameters on the sound side. This assumption is based on biomechanical comparisons of different foot constructions. However, such study designs could not show whether the amount of ankle power solely influences the sound side.