Factors related to high-level mobility in male servicemembers with traumatic lower-limb loss
Ignacio A. Gaunaurd, PhD, MSPT, et al.
Currently, many servicemembers (SMs) who experience
traumatic lower-limb loss seek to return to
high-level mobility activities such as sport. Yet, it has
been reported that less than a quarter of them actually
return to high-level activity. The purpose of this study
was to examine the possible relationship between
different factors that can be affected by rehabilitation,
other factors associated with lower-limb loss,
and high-level mobility, as measured by a new outcome
measure called the Comprehensive High-Level
Activity Mobility Predictor in SMs with traumatic
lower-limb loss. We found that rehabilitation-related
factors such as lower-limb strength and balance
and other factors such as the number of knee joints,
waist circumference measurement, and prosthetic
foot type were related to high-level mobility. These
results could help guide rehabilitation programs and
clinical interventions to help maximize the potential
of our SMs with traumatic lower-limb loss return to
high-level mobility activities.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2013.02.0035
Volume 50 Number 7, 2013
Pages 969 — 984
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This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows:
Gaunaurd IA, Roach KE, Raya MA, Hooper R, Linberg AA, Laferrier JZ, Campbell SM, Scoville C, Gailey RS. Factors related to high-level mobility in male servicemembers with traumatic lower-limb loss. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013; 50(7):969–84.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2013.02.0035
Gaunaurd IA, Roach KE, Raya MA, Hooper R, Linberg AA, Laferrier JZ, Campbell SM, Scoville C, Gailey RS. Factors related to high-level mobility in male servicemembers with traumatic lower-limb loss. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013; 50(7):969–84.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2013.02.0035
ResearcherID/ORCID: Robert S. Gailey, PhD, PT: I-3458-2013; Ignacio A. Gaunaurd, PhD, MSPT: I-3490-2013
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