PERFORMANCE TESTING IN PEOPLE WITH LOWER LIMB AMPUTATION: INTERVIEWS WITH PROSTHETISTS, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, AND PHYSICIANS

• Main Authors: Geoffrey Balkman, Sara Morgan, Ignacio Gaunaurd, Anat Kristal, Dagmar Amtmann, Robert Gailey, Brian J. Hafner
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Online Publication Group (COPG) 2018-12-01
• Series: Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal
• Subjects: mobility; lower limb amputation; rehabilitation; prosthetists; prosthetics
• Online Access: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/32018

INTRODUCTION A variety of performance-based tests are available to assess mobility in people with lower limb amputation (LLA)1. Selection of a specific test is likely to be guided by the clinical value of tasks patients perform; the space and equipment available to administrator the test; and/or the time required to set up, administer, score, and interpret the test results. The aim of this study was to collect information about the clinical value of performance tests, and the space, equipment, and time available to rehabilitation specialists who provide care to people with LLA (i.e., prosthetists, physical therapists (PTs), and physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians). Abstract PDF  Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/32018/24437 How to cite: Balkman G, Morgan S, Gaunaurd I, Kristal A, Amtmann D, Gailey R, Hafner B.J. PERFORMANCE TESTING IN PEOPLE WITH LOWER LIMB AMPUTATION: INTERVIEWS WITH PROSTHETISTS, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, AND PHYSICIANS. CANADIAN PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS JOURNAL, VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2, 2018; ABSTRACT, POSTER PRESENTATION AT THE AOPA’S 101ST NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, SEPT. 26-29, VANCOUVER, CANADA, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v1i2.32018 Abstracts were Peer-reviewed by the AOPA 2018 National Assembly Scientific Committee.