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. 2023 Jul 14;15:85. doi: 10.1186/s13102-023-00694-4

Table 3.

Secondary outcomes

Daily (ecological) Measurements
Pedometer Number of steps
Patients-Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs)
 - 2 PROMs about indirect assessment of the stump volume variation:
   1.a “How many times have you removed your prosthesis during the day (not counting the evening’s removal) to add compensation sheaths? “ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, >4,
   1.b “Did you have the fear at one (or more) moment(s) of the day, of losing your prosthesis, that it would come off by itself? “

VASa: 0 = not at all

10 = yes a lot

 - 2 PROMs on the limb-prosthesis fitting:
 2.a “Do you feel in control of your prosthesis, as if the prosthesis is one with you?”

VASa: 0 = not at all

10 = perfectly

 2.b “Do you feel pistoning movement of your prosthesis when walking (sensation of vertical movement of the prosthesis because of the stump when walking)?”

VASa: 0 = not at all

10 = yes a lot

 - Wearing time of the prosthesis In hours
At each phase change visit twiceb
Functional walking parameters
 - L-Test [20]
 - 6-minute walk test [21]
 Satisfaction and balance questionnaires
 - Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with assistive Technology (QUEST)c [21, 22]
 - Activities-specific Balance Confidence-Simplified (ABC-S) scale [23]

aVAS Visual Analogue Scale

bBefore and after the prosthetist checks OR connects/disconnects the Unity system

cThe assessment tool was developed simultaneously in French and English. In French, the assessment is entitled ÉSAT for “Évaluation de la Satisfaction envers une Aide Technique”