Study of Locomotor Expectations for Ascending/Descending Slope and Stairs in Patients With
Patients with lower limb amputations are equipped with prostheses that can be mechanical and/or electronic. These prostheses can be mono-articular (only the ankle) or bi-articular (knee and ankle for example). For amputee patients, situations that may seem trivial, such as climbing and descending stairs, become complex
| Condition(s) | Lower Limb Amputation |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Study type | Observational |
| Summary | Patients with lower limb amputations are equipped with prostheses that can be mechanical and/or electronic. These prostheses can be mono-articular (only the ankle) or bi-articular (knee and ankle for example). For amputee patients, situations that may seem trivial, such as climbing and descending stairs, become complex. Thus during the descent of stairs, an unamputated person will slow down the descent by contracting the thigh muscles, which are obviously lacking in the amputee patient. Current prostheses, known as "intelligent" (or "microprocessor") prostheses, make it possible to adjust the locomotion only once the first step has been taken and to assist the patient during ascent/descent situations on slopes and stairs. The next technological challenge in the development of lower limb eq |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: Healthy volunteers: * person who has given oral consent * male or female adult * person being able to understand simple orders, locomotion instructions Lower limb amputee patients: * person who has given oral consent * male or female adult * patient with unilateral major lower limb amputation of any origin (traumatic, vascular, infectious, congenital or neoplastic) with definitive equipment used routinely for at least 3 months. * person able to understand simple orders, locomotion instructions Exclusion Criteria: * person not affiliated or not benefiting from a heath insurance system * person subject to a legal protection measure (curatorship, guardianship) * person with a legal guardian * pregnant or breastfeeding woman * adult unable to consent * person with a disloca |
| Ages | 18 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon |
| Locations | Dijon, France |
| Start date | 2019-09-20 |
| NCT ID | NCT04030650 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04030650 |