Hubbard W A, McElroy G K
Queen Elizabeth Centre, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Prosthet Orthot Int. 1994 Dec;18(3):142-9. doi: 10.3109/03093649409164399.
Benchmark data for lower limb amputees is often limited to young subjects who have had their amputations as the result of trauma. The majority of trans-tibial amputees rehabilitated are, however, elderly vascular amputees who may have different gait characteristics than their younger counterparts. Without biomechanical analyses to provide such benchmark data for this group it is not possible to compare the effects of different rehabilitation programmes, gait training regimens, or prosthetic devices. Twenty elderly vascular trans-tibial amputees rehabilitated at The Queen Elizabeth Centre, Ballarat, Australia and at least six months post-amputation were measured in respect of kinetic and kinematic parameters, and relationships between gait speed, consistency, and function were demonstrated. Further, an unexplained vertical ground reaction force pattern was demonstrated in faster, more functional amputees.
下肢截肢者的基准数据通常仅限于因创伤而截肢的年轻受试者。然而，大多数接受康复治疗的胫部截肢者是老年血管性截肢者，他们的步态特征可能与年轻截肢者不同。如果没有生物力学分析来为这一群体提供此类基准数据，就无法比较不同康复计划、步态训练方案或假肢装置的效果。对在澳大利亚巴拉瑞特伊丽莎白女王中心接受康复治疗且截肢后至少六个月的20名老年血管性胫部截肢者进行了动力学和运动学参数测量，并证明了步态速度、一致性和功能之间的关系。此外，在速度更快、功能更强的截肢者中还发现了一种无法解释的垂直地面反作用力模式。
