What is the Optimal Stiffness and Height of a Running-specific Prosthesis?



Status:Completed
Conditions:Hospital
Therapuetic Areas:Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 55
Updated:5/17/2018
Start Date:October 2013
End Date:January 2018

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria
The proposed study aims to characterize the effects of running-specific leg prosthetic
stiffness and height during on performance during running and sprinting to optimize
running-specific prosthesis prescription. The investigators will collect biomechanical and
metabolic data from participants with unilateral and bilateral below the knee amputations
while they run at different speeds on a treadmill. This data will be used to understand the
effects of running prostheses. Then, these parameters will be used to develop prosthetic
prescription techniques for people with below the knee amputations.


Inclusion Criteria:

- bilateral or unilateral transtibial amputation

- at least one year of running experience using running-specific prostheses

- 18-55 years old

- no current problems with their prosthesis or residual limb

- at a K4 Medicare Functional Classification Level

Exclusion Criteria:

- Cardiovascular, pulmonary, or neurological disease or disorder
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University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado 80309
(303) 492-1411
Principal Investigator: Alena Grabowski, PhD
Phone: 303-492-5208
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