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JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages 753-766Publisher
JOURNAL REHAB RES & DEV
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2014.06.0149
Keywords
activities of daily living; balance; endurance; flexibility; lower-limb amputation; microprocessor prosthetic knee; physical assessment; physical therapy; rehabilitation; strength
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- Florida High Tech Corridor/University of Southern Florida Connect [FHT 10-26]
- Ottobock Healthcare [6140101200]
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Microprocessor prosthetic knees (MPKs) have advanced technologically, offering new features to decrease impairment and activity limitations for persons with transfemoral amputation (TFA). The Genium knee is functionally untested, and functional differences between it and intact knees are unknown. This study sought to determine whether Genium use improves functional performance compared with the C-Leg. A randomized experimental crossover design was used, with a cross-section of five nonamputee controls for comparison to normal. Twenty community-ambulating persons with TFA were trained and tested for accommodation with study components. All subjects (n = 25) were assessed using the Continuous-Scale Physical Functional Performance-10 (CS-PFP10) assessment. Subjects with TFA used both MPK systems. Genium use improved upper-body flexibility, balance, and endurance domain scores (7.0%-8.4%, p
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