RECRUITING

Rapid Rehabilitation to Treat Lower Extremity Trauma

Description

The purpose of this study is to find out if an advance balance perturbation training program can enhance the rehabilitation process by increasing weight-bearing strategies on the prosthetic or injured limb, and, help reduce stumbles and falls.

Conditions

Lower Limb Trauma
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Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to find out if an advance balance perturbation training program can enhance the rehabilitation process by increasing weight-bearing strategies on the prosthetic or injured limb, and, help reduce stumbles and falls.

Improved Training Method for Advanced Rehabilitation of Warfighters With Lower Extremity Trauma

Rapid Rehabilitation to Treat Lower Extremity Trauma

Condition
Lower Limb Trauma
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Rochester

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Research participants will be eligible active duty service members and retired veterans.
  • * Having lower limb trauma (transtibial and transfemoral amputations, bilateral amputations, and limb salvage).
  • * Are enrolled in conventional rehabilitation at the participating military treatment centers.
  • * Subjects with dysvascular disease will be excluded because compromised lower limb somatosensation and circulation are independently linked with poor postural stability and a history of frequent falls.
  • * For subjects with amputations, the individual must be a community ambulator (i.e., K-Level 3 or 4).
  • * For subjects with limb salvage, they will need to have an IDEO and be entered into the Return-to-Run training program.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Mayo Clinic,

Kenton Kaufman, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Mayo Clinic

Study Record Dates

2026-04