Women's-Specific Footwear With Prosthetic Feet

NCT ID: NCT03673371

Last Updated: 2023-03-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-03-04

Study Completion Date

2023-01-06

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to address footwear challenges unique to women prosthesis users. Comparing the effectiveness of different footwear and prosthesis combinations will help guide clinical decision making regarding the prescription of prosthetic devices, while keeping what the patient wants in mind.

It is expected that these results will be used to generate new knowledge for the development of versatile prosthetic devices that accommodate a user's unique lifestyle while helping the patient to make good progress in rehabilitation.

Investigators will characterize perceived limitations in footwear among women prosthesis users. Investigators think that women prosthesis users will be restricted in footwear choices and clothing choices due to the use of a prosthetic device.

Specifically, investigators expect perceived limitations in footwear will be greater for shoes with higher heels than shoes without heels.

Detailed Description

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The project involves development, distribution, and analysis of a questionnaire designed to address footwear use among women lower limb prosthesis users. Responses from sixty women with a lower extremity amputation will be targeted. VA participants will be identified by the MVAHCS. These potential participants will receive the IRB-approved survey via mail. Eligible participants include women with unilateral or bilateral lower extremity amputations.

The questionnaire will target the types of footwear worn by prosthesis users and the types of footwear desired to be worn. It will also capture the various types of prosthetic feet worn in each footwear category, amputation type, time spent walking in a prosthetic device, and general satisfaction with the prosthesis function during daily living when worn with shoes.

Conditions

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Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury) Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury)

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Women Veterans with Lower Limb Amputations

Questionnaire

Questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

This is a questionnaire developed by DoD and VA researchers specifically for this study.

Interventions

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Questionnaire

This is a questionnaire developed by DoD and VA researchers specifically for this study.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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"WSF Questionnaire"

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Woman Veteran
* Age 18-80
* Lower Limb Amputation (transtibial, through the knee, transfemoral)
* Eligible to receive care through the VA Health Care System
* Ambulatory and currently using a prosthesis

Exclusion Criteria

* Syme's Amputation
* Hip Disarticulation
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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United States Department of Defense

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center

FED

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Andrew H. Hansen

Site Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Elizabeth Russell Esposito, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence

Locations

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Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Ziegler-Graham K, MacKenzie EJ, Ephraim PL, Travison TG, Brookmeyer R. Estimating the prevalence of limb loss in the United States: 2005 to 2050. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Mar;89(3):422-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.005.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18295618 (View on PubMed)

Elnitsky CA, Latlief GA, Andrews EE, Adams-Koss LB, Phillips SL. Preferences for rehabilitation services among women with major limb amputations. Rehabil Nurs. 2013 Jan-Feb;38(1):32-6. doi: 10.1002/rnj.62.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23365003 (View on PubMed)

Klodd E, Hansen A, Fatone S, Edwards M. Effects of prosthetic foot forefoot flexibility on gait of unilateral transtibial prosthesis users. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2010;47(9):899-910. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2009.10.0166.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21174254 (View on PubMed)

Meier MR, Tucker KA, Hansen AH. Development of inexpensive prosthetic feet for high-heeled shoes using simple shoe insole model. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(3):439-50. doi: 10.1682/JRRD.2013.01.0010.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25019666 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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OP160063

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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