Force transmission capacity of the lower limb during walking of amputees with bone-anchored prostheses compared with socket prostheses and persons with hip replacements

The force transmission capacity of the bone-anchored prosthetic leg is limited during walking and is lower than both in socket prostheses users without symptoms and patients with total hip replacement. Therefore, active amputees well fitted with a socket prosthesis who consider a transition to bone-anchorage should be advised that their walking speed may decrease with high probability, and that their self-selected walking speed may even be slower than 3  km/h.

Source: Clinical Biomechanics - October 6, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Siegmar Blumentritt, Thomas Schmalz, Frank Layher, Andreas Timmermann, Horst-Heinrich Aschoff Source Type: research