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Showing 1 to 20 of 195 for “"Amputation"”.
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Lower Limb Amputation in Patients with Vascular Disease
… can be expect every year. Less than 5% of all amputations will be related to causes other than vascular disease. Lower limb amputation (LEA) in patients with vascular disease may not only be highly disabling but also costly in hospital management. The incidence differs between countries due to …
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Redesigning a prosthesis for a golfer with transhumeral amputation
The objective of this thesis was to determine the motions needed in a prosthesis that would enable a transhumeral amputee professional golfer, Michael Gibson, to play golf with similar dynamics to those of a two-armed golfer. Although he plays golf well using only one arm, his swings tend to have …
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Lower extremity amputation in people with diabetes: Trends and determinants
… of diabetes care is difficult. Lower Extremity Amputation (LEA) is recognised as a marker of the quality of diabetes care. The focus of this thesis was first to describe the trends in LEA rates in people with and without diabetes in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) in recent years and then, to …
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Long term mortality after lower extremity amputation in South Africa
… Long-term mortality after lower extremity amputation is not well reported in low- and middleincome countries. The primary aim of this study was to report 30-day and one-year mortality after lower extremity amputation in South Africa. The secondary objective was to report risk factors for …
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Amputation rate following tibia fractures with associated popliteal artery injuries
Objectives: 1. Determine the amputation rate; and 2. identify risk factors in patients with tibia fractures and associated popliteal artery injuries. Intervention: Amputation or limb salvage. Design: Retrospective case-control study. Setting: Level 1 trauma center. Patients: Thirty popliteal artery …
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Integrated Prosthetic Leg Design Frameworks for People with an Above-Knee Amputation
… prosthesis for people with a lower limb amputation can greatly improve users’ mobility and quality of life. Still, many amputees lack access to high-performance prosthetic components due to the cost and availability of continuous care. This thesis aims to design low-cost, high …
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Effect of Unilateral Lower-Limb Amputation on Intact Limb Biomechanics: A Systematic Review
<p>The United States will perform 30,000-40,000 amputations this year (Ertl et al., 2019). As a common medical intervention, there is extensive research regarding rehabilitation strategies and post-operative care. Many studies have explored the effects of the affected limb and prosthetic …
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Feasibility Study among Military Personnel with Traumatic Amputation during Military Combat or Training
… of mangled extremities leading to traumatic amputations. Extremity injuries predominate, representing 50% to 70% of all injuries treated (Melcer, 2010). The majority of injuries sustained in Operation Endearing Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) are combined penetrating, burn and blast …
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Body image and self-disgust as self-appraisals influencing adjustment to limb amputation
… and related factors in people with limb amputations. The thesis includes a systematic literature review of body image relating to psychosocial adjustment and a research paper examining the relationship of self-disgust to psychosocial adjustment following limb amputation. A critical …
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Segmental Movement Compensations in Patients with Transtibial Amputation Identified Using Angular Momentum Separation
… with unilateral dysvascular transtibial amputation (TTA) adopt movement compensations that are required to maintain balance and achieve ambulation in the absence of ankle plantar flexion, and result in increased and asymmetric joint loading patterns. As a result, this population is at an …
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Resting State Neurophysiology of Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface in Persons with Transtibial Amputation
… myoneural interface (AMI) is a novel amputation surgery that preserves sensorimotor signaling mechanisms of the central-peripheral nervous systems. Our first neuroimaging study investigating AMI subjects (Srinivasan et al., Sci. Transl. Med. 2020) focused on task-based neural …
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Are clinical characteristics predictive of non-traumatic lower extremity amputation in a diabetic population?
… Ulcer Clinic, will predict lower extremity amputation (LEA), identify factors or characteristics that predict non traumatic major or minor LEA in the Hawke’s Bay diabetic population, investigate if these characteristics can be ranked in order of importance, and explain which combinations of …
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The determinants of adhering to rehabilitation in diabetics who have undergone lower limb amputation
Chronic diseases of lifestyle (CDLs) have been rapidly increasing in population groups which had previously been least affected by this kind of illness. Diabetes Mellitus in particular has been shown to be rapidly increasing in South Africa among the non-white population which traditionally, had …
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Cognitive representations and attitudes as predictors of prosthetic use and recovery following lower limb amputation
Lower limb amputation is a common cause of activity limitations in Scotland with approximately 850 primary amputations being performed each year, 90% of which are caused by peripheral arterial disease. Approximately 65% of transtibial and 25% of transfemoral amputees are fitted with a prosthesis, …
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Reactive stepping strategies following lateral surface translations in individuals with a unilateral lower limb amputation
Following a loss of balance, individuals may utilize specific stepping strategies to prevent themselves from falling. The stepping strategies that are used by lower limb amputees, which likely consist of unique properties because of the limitations when using a prosthesis, have not been thoroughly …
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An Overview on the performance of sprinters with lower limb amputation/impairment in Paralympic Games.
… run faster than those who run with above knee amputation. In order to make the Paralympic games equitable, there has been a lot of change in the classification system since its introduction. Classification used to be only based on a medical examination, while in the modern system it is based on …
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Qualitative inquiry into the decision-making processes for lower extremity amputation in people with diabetes
… explored how decisions are made about lower limb amputation for people with diabetes. Using a qualitative research approach, this project engaged with people living with a diabetes-related foot ulcer or amputation, health practitioners, and experts to explore what supports and considerations …
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Design of low-cost, fully passive prosthetic knee for persons with transfemoral amputation in India
An estimated 230,000 above-knee amputees are in need of prosthetic devices in India with a majority of them facing severe socio-economic constraints in their daily lives. However, only a few passive prosthetic knee devices in the market have been designed to enable normative gait and to meet the …
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