Personalizing MPK Prescription for Individuals with Transfemoral Amputation
Abstract
In current prosthetic clinical practice, no Clinical Practice Guidelines exist to aid in the prescription of microprocessor prosthetic knees(MPKs) for individuals with amputation. The long-term goal of this study is to create a prescription algorithm for MPKs such thatclinicians can predict success in a single MPK for a unique patient. Eleven participants have been recruited and consented toparticipate in the study. Ten participants have completed week-long take home acclimation periods with the three commerciallyavailable MPKs. One subject withdrew from the study prior to being fit with the first MPK. Subjects have completed variousperformance-based tasks while full body biomechanics have been collected along with patient reported outcomes. Differences in someperformance tasks including the beam walking task (a measure of balance) and speed over level ground terrain appear to showdifferences for some subjects between knees. Data collection is complete on all subjects at this time and we are now focusing oncreating the prescription algorithm.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2023
- Accession Number
- AD1211455
Entities
People
- Aaron Young
- Kinsey Herrin
- Sixu Zhou
- Sujay Kestur
Organizations
- Georgia Tech