| Methods |
Within‐subject, cross‐over design |
| Participants |
6 men and 3 women with unilateral transgenual amputation. In 4 people cause of amputation was trauma, in 3 vascular disease, in 1 bone‐cancer, and in 1 osteomyelitis, mean age 41 years (range 20‐70), mean time since amputation 9 years (range 2‐25), fitted with an end bearing socket
Exclusion: painful stump with skin abrasions
Country: The Netherlands |
| Interventions |
1. Multiflex
2. Quantum foot
Gait analysis was performed on a 10m walkway at comfortable, fast, and slow speed and on a treadmill (2 and 2.5 km/h and comfortable speed minus 0.5km/h). |
| Outcomes |
1. walking speed
2. duration of swing and stance phase
3. goniometry of the hip, knee and ankles
4. range of motion of the ankle, knee, and hip |
| Notes |
At least three weeks were allowed to elapse between the changing of the foot and the evaluation. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment? |
Unclear risk |
D ‐ Not used |
