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To Compare the Effect of Vertical Ground Reaction force in Conventional below Knee Prosthesis Versus Modular below Knee Prosthesis on Unilateral Transtibial Amputee Patients


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1 Kempegowda Institute Of Physiotherapy, Bangalore, India
2 KS Hegde Medical Academy, NITTE University, Mangalore, India
3 KIMS & RI, RGUHS, Bangalore, India
4 Salem, India, India
5 Tech Mahindra, Bangalore, India
6 Mechanical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode, India
 

Background: Proper prescription of prosthetic device and potential rehabilitation increases the quality of life for subjects with amputations.

Objective: To compare the effect of vertical ground reaction force (Fz) on unilateral Transtibial amputees those who are using conventional and modular patellar tendon bearing (PTB) prosthesis with stump exercises.

Material and Methodology: A sample of 120 persons with below knee amputees who were trained to wear prosthesis were studied with an comparative follow up study design with purposive sampling technique. The 120 adult amputee patients were divided in to two groups having 60 samples in each group, group A patients were given conventional patellar tendon bearing (PTB) prosthesis with intensive stump exercises and group B patients were given modular PTB prosthesis with intensive stump exercises respectively. Data analyzed statistically.

Results: The unilateral transtibial amputees who trained with modular prosthesis along with stump exercises group patients Fz-force in newton were increased as compared to the unilateral transtibial amputees who were trained with conventional PTB prosthesis along with stump exercises. There was no significant difference seen in both the groups while giving stump exercises alone.

Conclusion: The unilateral transtibial amputees who were trained with modular PTB prosthesis along with stump exercises group patient's Fz-force in newton (VGRF) has increased drastically compared with conventional PTB prosthesis.


Keywords

VGRF, Amputation, Fz-Force, PTB Prosthesis, Stump Exercise.
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  • To Compare the Effect of Vertical Ground Reaction force in Conventional below Knee Prosthesis Versus Modular below Knee Prosthesis on Unilateral Transtibial Amputee Patients

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Authors

R. Raja
Kempegowda Institute Of Physiotherapy, Bangalore, India
H. Ravindranath Rai
KS Hegde Medical Academy, NITTE University, Mangalore, India
J. N. Sridharamurthy
KIMS & RI, RGUHS, Bangalore, India
B. Madhouraj
Salem, India, India
R. Balaji
, India
Vijayalakshmi Raja
Tech Mahindra, Bangalore, India
Somasundaram
Mechanical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode, India

Abstract


Background: Proper prescription of prosthetic device and potential rehabilitation increases the quality of life for subjects with amputations.

Objective: To compare the effect of vertical ground reaction force (Fz) on unilateral Transtibial amputees those who are using conventional and modular patellar tendon bearing (PTB) prosthesis with stump exercises.

Material and Methodology: A sample of 120 persons with below knee amputees who were trained to wear prosthesis were studied with an comparative follow up study design with purposive sampling technique. The 120 adult amputee patients were divided in to two groups having 60 samples in each group, group A patients were given conventional patellar tendon bearing (PTB) prosthesis with intensive stump exercises and group B patients were given modular PTB prosthesis with intensive stump exercises respectively. Data analyzed statistically.

Results: The unilateral transtibial amputees who trained with modular prosthesis along with stump exercises group patients Fz-force in newton were increased as compared to the unilateral transtibial amputees who were trained with conventional PTB prosthesis along with stump exercises. There was no significant difference seen in both the groups while giving stump exercises alone.

Conclusion: The unilateral transtibial amputees who were trained with modular PTB prosthesis along with stump exercises group patient's Fz-force in newton (VGRF) has increased drastically compared with conventional PTB prosthesis.


Keywords


VGRF, Amputation, Fz-Force, PTB Prosthesis, Stump Exercise.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/ijmds%2F2017%2F125562