Energy storage and return prostheses: does patient perception correlate with biomechanical analysis?

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• 作者：Hafner ; Brian J. ; Sanders ; Joan E. ; Czerniecki ; Joseph ; Fergason ; John
• 关键词：Amputee gait ; Prosthesis evaluation and recommendation ; Testing environments and methodologies
• 刊名：Clinical Biomechanics
• 出版年：2002
• 出版时间：June, 2002
• 年：2002
• 卷：17
• 期：5
• 页码：325-344
• 全文大小：406 K

文摘

The development and prescription of energy storage and return prosthetic feet in favor of conventional feet is largely based upon prosthetist and amputee experience. Regretfully, the comparative biomechanical analysis of energy storage and return and conventional prosthetic feet is rarely a motivation to either the technical development or clinical prescription of such devices. The development and prescription of prosthetic feet without supportive scientific evidence is likely due to the conflicting or non-significant results often presented in the scientific literature. Despite the sizeable history of comparative prosthetic literature and continued analysis of prosthetic components, the link between clinical experience and scientific evidence remains largely unexplored.