Standing balance in trans-tibial amputees following vascular disease or trauma
Open Access
- 1 December 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Prosthetics and Orthotics International
- Vol. 18 (3), 150-158
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03093649409164400
Abstract
Standing balance measured as sway and standing time both on one and two legs, was studied by use of a stable force platform (Kistler) in 36 patients aged 48–87 years with trans-tibial amputation and 27 healthy subjects matched for age. The aim of the study was to compare postural function in standing in two groups with unilateral trans-tibial amputations, separating vascular disease from trauma. Results revealed that the vascular group had a significantly increased sway in the lateral direction compared with the healthy group, when standing on both feet close together for 30 seconds, looking straight ahead or blindfolded (p values ranging from 0.003 to 0.02). In the sagittal direction the trauma amputees had a significantly decreased sway when looking straight ahead, compared to the vascular and healthy groups (p values = 0.03). No significant differences in the lateral or sagittal direction were seen among the three groups when comparing standing on one leg. There was a significant difference, however, in the standing time in the one-leg standing test of the vascular group when compared with the trauma and healthy groups (p values ranging from 0.0009 to 0.02). In contrast to the vascular group, all subjects in the trauma and healthy groups from 48 to 59 years could stand on the healthy leg for 30 seconds when looking straight ahead, and from 60 to 79 years they could stand for 5 seconds. None in the vascular or trauma group older than 80 years could stand on the healthy leg for 5 seconds. The standing balance of the vascular amputees was found to be inferior to that of the trauma amputees. In conclusion, vascular and trauma trans-tibial amputees should not be considered as an entity in test situations or rehabilitation programmes.Keywords
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