Rapid Rehabilitation to Treat Lower Extremity Trauma
ConditionLower Limb Trauma
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMayo Clinic
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to find out if an advance balance perturbation training program can enhance the rehabilitation process by increasing weight-bearing strategies on the prosthetic or injured limb, and, help reduce stumbles and falls.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Research participants will be eligible active duty service members and retired veterans.
Having lower limb trauma (transtibial and transfemoral amputations, bilateral amputations, and limb salvage).
Are enrolled in conventional rehabilitation at the participating military treatment centers.
Subjects with dysvascular disease will be excluded because compromised lower limb somatosensation and circulation are independently linked with poor postural stability and a history of frequent falls.
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Promis Physical Function Questionnaire
BehavioralPatient reported physical function outcomes
L Test
BehavioralPerformance based measure assessing general physical function and balance ability.
Narrowing Beam Walking Test
BehavioralSubjects attempt to walk along 4 progressively narrower beam segments with their arms crossed over their chest.
PEQ-A
BehavioralSurvey on confidence, stumbles and falls.
Treatment groups
40 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Injured Service MembersExperimental treatment 4 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire-Addendum (PEQ-A)
Fall incidence change between baseline and 6 months
Time frame
0, 6 monthsSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov