[AMP-L] Can Microprocessor Knees Reduce Amputee Falls?
Wayne Renardson
wrenardson at gmail.com
Sat Apr 9 05:47:03 PDT 2022
via Orthopedics This Week:
Can a "Microprocessor" knee implant reduce the rate of falling for
active amputee patients?
A research team from the Hanger Clinic in Texas along with researchers
from the University of Nebraska, University of Utah, and University of
North Carolina tackled that question and designed a study to collect data
from patients who´d been implanted with a "microprocessor knee" after
undergoing lower limb amputations.
As a patient population, this group tends to have a high incidence of
falls. Further, above-the-knee amputations and diabetes/vascular disease
are also risk factors for falls
in amputees.
The rest of the story, with photo & chart, here:
https://tinyurl.com/yddfqh8z
Wayne R.
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