Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: September | Volume: 10 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 377-382
Impact of Exoskeletal Prosthesis on Energy Expenditure in Female Amputees during Walking with Two Different Level of Amputation
Saiprabha Mishra1, Smita Nayak2, Prakash Sahoo3, Madhusmita Sharma4, Ameed Equebal5
1Asst.prof, CIRS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
2Demonstrator, PDUNIPPD, New Delhi, India.
3Demonstrator, NIEPMD, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
4Prosthetist and Orthotist, SVNIRTAR, Olatpur, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
5Asst. Director cum Asst.Prof, N.I.L.D, Kolkata, India.
Corresponding Author: Saiprabha Mishra
ABSTRACT
Background: The process of rehabilitation is to restore function and to regain an acceptable level of functioning and social participation. In case of amputation, to reach this goal, prosthesis is used to compensate for the functional loss. The level of amputation is a very useful factor in terms of energy expenditure.
Methods: 30 Female eligible subjects 15 transfemoral and 15 transtibial amputees were included in the study as per convenient sampling. In group A subject with unilateral transfemoral amputation were provided exoskeletal Transfemoral prosthesis and in group B subject with unilateral transtibial amputation were provided exoskeletal transtibial prosthesis. After the Treatment procedure data was collected in K4b2 Metabolic analyzer system.
Results: The result of the present study shows statistically significant difference between the two groups i.e. unilateral transfemoral and transtibial female amputee. Energy consumption of transfemoral subjects is higher than transtibial subject and in results it was found that comparisons were highly significant for both unilateral transfemoral and transtibial subjects (p<0.05)
Conclusions: This study concluded that Transfemoral amputees using exoskeletal prosthesis spend more energy than transtibial amputees.
Key words: Transfemoral female amputee, Transtibial female amputee, Exoskeletal Prosthesis, Traumatic amputation, Energy consumption,