Joint moments during sprinting in unilateral transfemoral amputees wearing running-specific prostheses.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge of joint moments will provide greater insight into the manner in which lower-extremity amputees wearing running-specific prostheses regain running capacity and compensate for replacement of an active leg with a passive prosthetic implement. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate three-dimensional joint moments during sprinting for unilateral transfemoral amputees wearing running-specific prostheses. Ten sprinters with unilateral transfemoral amputation performed maximal sprinting at the 22 m mark while wearing running-specific prostheses. Joint moments were calculated through an inverse dynamics approach. All peak flexion and extension moments in the prosthetic leg were found to be lower than those of the intact leg, except for the peak plantar flexion moment. In the

SUBMITTER: Namiki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398468 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature