CHECKLIST USE FOR ASSESSMENT OF SATISFACTION WITH TRANS-TIBIAL PROSTHESES.

Objective: To assess satisfaction of prosthesis users with their prostheses, and the problems they experience with the residual limb, using a checklist, in order to evaluate potential benefits of checklist use and to summarize issues and problems with the prosthesis and/or residual limb presented by prosthesis users.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Subjects: Participants were adult trans-tibial prosthesis users ( = 82) and certified prosthetist orthotist ( = 19) experienced in fitting lower-limb prostheses.

Prosthesis satisfaction in lower limb amputees: A systematic review of associated factors and questionnaires.

Background: Factors influencing patient satisfaction with a transtibial prosthesis have been studied fragmentarily. The aims of this systematic review were to review the literature regarding factors of influence on patient satisfaction with a transtibial prosthesis, to report satisfaction scores, to present an overview of questionnaires used to assess satisfaction and examine how these questionnaires operationalize satisfaction.

Methods: A literature search was performed in PubMed, Embase, PsycInfo, CINAHL, Cochrane, and Web of Knowledge databases up to February 2018 to identify relevant studies.

Biomedical and psychosocial factors influencing transtibial prosthesis fit: a Delphi survey among health care professionals.

Purpose: We aimed to reach consensus among professionals caring for prosthesis users, on definitions of biomedical and psychosocial factors, to assess their influence on fit of transtibial prosthesis and to identify new factors.

Method: A three-round, internet-based, Delphi survey was conducted among experts recruited via the Dutch National Amputee and Prosthesis Work Group. The main outcome measure was consensus among care professionals on statements concerning new and presented biomechanical and psychosocial factors that influence transtibial prosthesis fit.

[Stump problems after a lower limb amputation].

Problems in the amputation stump occur frequently in lower limb amputees. These problems can range from skin defects to serious vascular insufficiency and have a major impact on the amputee's quality of life. We illustrate this with 2 patients aged 20 and 65.

Variation in results of volume measurements of stumps of lower-limb amputees: a comparison of 4 methods.

Objective: To analyze the reliability of 4 methods (water immersion, computer-aided design [CAD] photometric method, CAD hand scanner, and circumferential measurements) for stump volume measurement in transtibial amputees.

Design: Repeated measurements.

Setting: General community, ambulatory care.