Clinical trials: Amputee
Transtibial Amputation
Metabolic Cost Savings for Transtibial Amputees Wearing the Controlled Energy Storage and Return (CESR) Foot
To determine if below-knee amputees will walk with better efficiency wearing a CESR foot which stores energy at heel strike and releases energy releases energy during push-off.
- Trial name
- NCT00494143
- Testing
- CESR Prosthetic Foot, typical prosthetic foot, standardized prosthetic foot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Amputation
Upper Limb Loss Perturbation Response
Recent investigations have suggested that persons with upper limb loss experience a high prevalence of falls with a quarter of reported falls resulting from a trip.
- Trial name
- NCT04274218
- Testing
- Perturbation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Amputation, Amputation; Traumatic, Leg, Lower
Clinical Outcomes With Passive MPKs vs. Powered Prosthetic Knees
The goal of this proposed project is to gather community-based data from the K4-level Transfemoral Amputee (TFA) population to aid in evidence-based prescription of powered prosthetic knees (i.e., choosing the right device to…
- Conditions
- Amputation, Amputation; Traumatic, Leg, Lower, Limb; Absence, Congenital, Lower, Prosthesis User
- Trial name
- NCT05267639
- Testing
- Power Knee
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liberating Technologies, Inc.
Amputation
Clinical Investigation (Beta) of a New Developed Prosthetic Knee
The aim of this investigation is to evaluate the efficacy of the investigational device regarding performance improvements and satisfaction in descending activities for moderate to high active prosthesis users within the intended…
- Trial name
- NCT06748729
- Testing
- Navii Knee
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Össur Iceland ehf
Transfemoral Amputation
Microbiome and Metagenome in Percutaneous Osseointegrated Prostheses (MMPOP)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical implementation of a new percutaneous prosthetic attachment system by determining the resident microbial ecology of the implant exit site and to simultaneously study the…
- Trial name
- MMPOP (NCT02564432)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Amputation, Limb Loss
Self-management to Improve Function Following Amputation
Lower extremity amputations are a significant cause of morbidity, mortality, loss of function and reduced quality of life. Self-management (defined as the process by which an individual adopts an active role in managing the…
- Trial name
- VETPALS (NCT02163811)
- Testing
- VETPALS, Individual Education Support Program
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 182 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Transtibial Amputation
Effects of Shrinker Use on Healing and Volume
We expect subjects in the interventional groups, who wear shrinkers, to heal more quickly than control subjects who wear no shrinkers.
- Trial name
- NCT00693628
- Testing
- compression shrinker
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Limb Deficiencies, Pediatric ALL
Innovative Prosthetic Systems for Pediatric Limb Loss to Accommodate Growth
An immediate fit adjustable prosthetic system is being investigated for children. The age range being recruited is from 3 years up to 18 years old.
- Trial name
- NCT05230004
- Testing
- iFIT prosthesis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Prosthesis User, Amputation
An Investigation of Functional Improvements in the RHEO KNEE Compared to Hydraulic Microprocessor Controlled Knees (MPKs)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the mobility, perceived safety and functioning of unilateral transfemoral (TF) amputees using the Rheo Knee XC compared to their existing prosthetic knee (RHEO KNEE II, III or Genium, X2 or…
- Trial name
- NCT04023578
- Testing
- RHEO KNEE XC
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Össur Iceland ehf
Amputation, Phantom Limb Pain
Neuromodulation in Lower Limb Amputees
The goal of this study is to investigate the role of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on spinal cord excitability in lower limb amputees.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Phantom Limb Pain, Hoffman's Reflex
- Trial name
- NCT04543786
- Testing
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh