QUESTION: energy expenditures for prosthetic wearers?
Rick Milen
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Title:
QUESTION: energy expenditures for prosthetic wearers?
Creator:
Rick Milen
Date:
3/19/2007
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Hello All,
I have been unsuccessfully looking for figures on the energy expenditure for prosthetic gait vs. normal bipedal ambulation. I remember something like unilateral transtibial gait requiring 80% more and TF 120% more energy than non-prosthetic wearers ...but that seems rather high and I have not been able to find documentation to clarify.
I have a patient with B/L TFAs who is insisting upon prostheses. She has been utilizing a motorized chair since January and I have recommended she speak with her cardiologist about prosthetic use. She went ahead and got a prescription for B/L prostheses from her vascular surgeon instead. I still do not feel it is appropriate and would like stats to back up my concerns. She is 75y/o with DX of CHF and a recent MI; not to mention the regular complications of DM plus left shoulder bursitis.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Rick Milen, CPO,PTA
NEXSTEP, Inc. Pennsylvania
I have been unsuccessfully looking for figures on the energy expenditure for prosthetic gait vs. normal bipedal ambulation. I remember something like unilateral transtibial gait requiring 80% more and TF 120% more energy than non-prosthetic wearers ...but that seems rather high and I have not been able to find documentation to clarify.
I have a patient with B/L TFAs who is insisting upon prostheses. She has been utilizing a motorized chair since January and I have recommended she speak with her cardiologist about prosthetic use. She went ahead and got a prescription for B/L prostheses from her vascular surgeon instead. I still do not feel it is appropriate and would like stats to back up my concerns. She is 75y/o with DX of CHF and a recent MI; not to mention the regular complications of DM plus left shoulder bursitis.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Rick Milen, CPO,PTA
NEXSTEP, Inc. Pennsylvania
Citation
Rick Milen, “QUESTION: energy expenditures for prosthetic wearers?,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/228015.
