Table 2.
Study characteristics | Sample characteristics | |||||||
Measure | Article | Study design | Total sample size | LLP user sample size | Mean/Age range (years) | Level of amputation/limb difference | Prosthesis design classification | Etiology |
Gait Outcomes Assessment List for Lower Limb Differences (GOAL-LD)a | Dermott et al. [6] | Prospective cohort study | 25 | 1 | 13.7/9–18 | Transtibial | Not reported | Fibular hemimelia (16) Post-traumatic growth arrest (5) Developmental (4) |
Functional Mobility Assessment (FMA)b | Pierce et al. [9] | Prospective cohort study | 37 | 25 | 12.4/8–19 | Symes (8) Knee disarticulation (6) Transtibial (5) Transfemoral (2) Rotationplasty (2) | Below knee Above knee | Congenital (16) Osteosarcoma (4) Infection (3) Trauma (1) Other (1) |
Child amputee prosthetics project-prosthesis satisfaction inventoryc | Pruitt et al. [10] | Retrospective Cohort Study | 97 | 57 | 8.1/1–17 | Not reported | Not reported | Congenital (76) Acquired (21) |
Child Amputee Prosthetics Project- Functional Scale Index (CAPP-FSI)c | Pruitt et al. [11] | Retrospective Cohort Study | 65 | 43 | Not reported/8–17 | Not reported | Not reported | Congenital (49) Acquired (16) |
Lower limb function questionnaired | Funk et al. [14] | Prospective Cohort Study: Validity Evaluations | 40 | 9 | 16.3/13–25 | Not reported | Below knee Above knee | Not reported |
aFunding provided by the Government of Ontario, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the University of Toronto Open Fellowship, SickKids Continuing Professional Development Fund, and Holland Bloorview Graduate Student Support. bFunding source not reported. cFunding provided by grants from the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children Research Fund and the Milo Brooks Foundation for Limb Deficient Children. dFunding provided through “private fundraising by individual researchers.”