Clinical trials: Extremity Amputation
Amputation
Using a Psychosocial Transitional Group to Improve Adaptation, Coping and Mental Health Outcomes Following Limb Loss
People with limb loss receiving inpatient rehabilitation are at greater risk for depression and anxiety, social isolation, and generally have poor quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT05082870
- Testing
- Supportive-expressive group therapy (SEGT)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Upper Limb Amputation
Functional Performance of Voluntary Opening and Closing Body Powered Prostheses
This study will compare the functional performance of voluntary opening (VO) and voluntary closing (VC) body powered prostheses.
- Trial name
- NCT02136238
- Testing
- Hosmer 5XA voluntary opening hook, TRS Grip 3 voluntary closing hook
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Lower Limb Loss
Musculoskeletal Measurements in Transfemoral Amputees
The aim of this study was to identify posture asymmetries in transfemoral amputees utilizing clinical evaluation measures. The purposes of this investigation were: 1) to measure the limb length indirectly to determine the…
- Trial name
- NCT00909922
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Miami VA Healthcare System
Limb Amputation
Content Validation of a Questionnaire on Sports Activities in Children With Limb Amputation
The VESAQ study aims to validate the content of a questionnaire designed to assess sports participation in children with limb amputation.
- Trial name
- VESAQ (NCT07782645)
- Testing
- Three-Round Delphi Process
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hopitaux de Saint-Maurice
Trauma
Investigating Outcomes of Lower Limb Trauma
This is an observational study, which aims to firstly develop a sensor-based objective mobility assessment. This will then be used to profile and compare the outcomes of patients who undergo amputation with those who have limb…
- Trial name
- NCT01691950
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
People With Lower Limb Amputation That Are Ambulatory
Assessment of Socket Shapes Made by Central Fabrication Facilities
Quality and accuracy of prosthetic sockets manufactured by central fabrication facilities may be lacking. Poor quality manufacturing can be detrimental to socket fit in amputees and may require more work by prosthetists to…
- Trial name
- NCT01245504
- Testing
- Assessed for socket fit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Amputation, Elderly
Falls in Older Persons With Limb Loss
Lower limb prosthesis users are known to be at a substantially increased fall risk compared to able-bodied individuals. The interaction between increased fall risk, reduced balance confidence and high prevalence of a fear of…
- Trial name
- FOPLL (NCT03670004)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Amputation, Prosthesis User
Myoelectric Game Training and Outcomes
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of myo-electric training tools on prosthesis functional outcomes.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Prosthesis User, Prosthesis
- Trial name
- NCT04354493
- Testing
- Myo-electric Gaming Interface
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liberating Technologies, Inc.
Amputation, Congenital, Upper Limb; Amelia
CNS Changes Following Upper Limb Loss
The objective of this study is to better understand the structural and functional changes that the central nervous system (CNS) undergoes following congenital upper limb loss.
- Trial name
- NCT06043518
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Neuropathic Pain, Amputation, Traumatic
Reiki for the Management of Neuropathic Pain
This is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, repeated measures study with intention-to-treat that involves exposure to Reiki therapy or a placebo control intervention for a total of six treatments, three…
- Trial name
- Reiki4Pain (NCT02328703)
- Testing
- Reiki Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
Amputation
Comparison of Prosthetic Knee Performance During Sitting and Standing
The Ossur Prosthetic Power Knee claims to assist in helping people with transfemoral amputation to walk up stairs and stand up from sitting.
- Trial name
- NCT00421356
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Amputation
Enhanced Tactile (Touch) Spatial Acuity in Upper Limb Amputees
This study will examine whether tactile (touch) abilities at the lip are more acute in people with upper limb amputation compared with healthy normal volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT00028210
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Arthroplasty Complications, Amputation
Clinical Trial Comparing Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Standard Dry Dressings
Negative pressure dressings are currently widely used in wound management. Their use is gradually being extended to surgical scars.
- Conditions
- Arthroplasty Complications, Amputation, Prosthesis-Related Infections
- Trial name
- BERLYTZ (NCT04520841)
- Testing
- Prevena TM, Dry dressing
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lausanne Hospitals
Amputation
Does Walking Performance Improve When Veterans With Leg Amputations Are Given Visual Feedback?
Previous studies suggest that Veterans with below the knee amputation using passive-elastic or powered prostheses have impaired physical function, which could increase the risk of osteoarthritis, leg/back pain, and…
- Trial name
- NCT03974945
- Testing
- Passive-elastic prosthetic foot, Powered ankle-foot prosthesis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Amputation
Amputee Residual Limb Volume Fluctuation
The goal of this project is a useful clinical instrument for diagnosis and treatment of residual limb volume fluctuation in individuals who use prosthetic limbs.
- Trial name
- NCT01161238
- Testing
- Monitored for limb volume
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Amputation
Enhanced Auto-Diagnostic Adaptive Precision Trainer for Myoelectric Prosthetic Users
The eADAPT training consists of a variety of mobile games played on a mobile app (phone or tablet). A band is worn on the residual limb. Participants use muscle activation to send signals to execute certain movements in the game.
- Trial name
- eADAPT (NCT04238533)
- Testing
- eADAPT training, Conventional training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury)
The Effects of Small Variations in Shoe Heel Height on Gait in People With a Transtibial Amputation
Prosthetic alignment is important for walking function and walking comfort in people with a transtibial amputation (TTA). Prosthetic alignment is defined as the position of prosthetic parts relative to the body and to each other.
- Trial name
- NCT04641845
- Testing
- Cork inlay wedge
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sint Maartenskliniek
Gait, Balance
Gait Stability of People With Lower-limb Amputations
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether there are quantifiable differences in walking stability, as measured by the acceleration of the trunk or the variation in step length, between people with unilateral below-knee…
- Trial name
- NCT00915109
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kim Parker
Amputation, Ultrasonography
Core Muscle Function and Postural Control in Lower Extremity Amputees
The primary aim of this study is to determine the effect of amputation on core muscle groups by comparing core muscle thickness in individuals with lower extremity amputation to both their intact side and a healthy control group…
- Conditions
- Amputation, Ultrasonography, Postural Control, Balance
- Trial name
- usg (NCT07875075)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury)
Decoding Motion Planning Using Cortical Potentials
The team will investigate the user's intention to move by using cortical activity during a sit to stand movement performance in people with a transfemoral amputation and able-bodied individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT04325516
- Testing
- Daily activities
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel