Prospective Intervention Study Using Immediate-Fit, Adjustable Prostheses for Persons With Lower Limb Loss in Botswana-A Feasibility and Patient Acceptance Trial.

Objective: The aim of the study is to test the feasibility of an immediate-fit, adjustable prosthesis (iFIT Prosthesis) for persons with limb loss in Botswana.

Design: As part of the University of Pennsylvania and University of Botswana's long-term partnership, 18 persons with limb loss were fit at four different locations in Botswana. Patients were followed for 4-9 mos after fitting with an interview and Prosthetic Comfort and Utility questionnaire.

A Prospective Assessment of an Adjustable, Immediate Fit, Subischial Transfemoral Prosthesis.

Objective: To assess the feasibility of an adjustable, subischial transfemoral prosthesis by comparing self-reported outcome measures regarding socket comfort, fit and utility relative to a persons' conventionally made socket. Assessing limb compressibility was another aim of this study.

Design: A single-group pre-post intervention design.

An Immediate Fit, Adjustable, Modular Prosthetic System for Addressing World-Wide Limb Loss Disability.

Prosthetic services and resources globally are insufficient to meet the needs of individuals with lower limb loss worldwide, particularly in low resource countries. The lack of trained prosthetists, high cost, and inaccessibility of prosthetic services leave many patients in these countries without a prosthesis. To address this problem, an immediate fit, adjustable, modular, prosthetic system was developed.

Improved Self-Reported Comfort, Stability, and Limb Temperature Regulation with an Immediate Fit, Adjustable Transtibial Prosthesis.

Objective: The purpose of this investigation was to assess participants' self-reported satisfaction with an adjustable, immediate fit transtibial prosthetic system as compared to their conventionally fabricated prosthetic device.

Design: A prospective study involving a two-week single-group pre-post intervention design.

Setting: Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinic of a university hospital.

Comparison of Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters Following Operative Treatment of Trimalleolar Ankle Fractures vs Healthy Controls.

Background: Controversy continues regarding appropriate indications for posterior malleolus fracture fixation in unstable rotational trimalleolar ankle injuries, with limited data comparing gait in operatively treated trimalleolar ankle fractures vs control populations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of trimalleolar ankle fracture fixation on gait parameters in the early postoperative period as compared to a healthy control population.

Methods: Adult patients having undergone operative treatment of isolated trimalleolar ankle fractures were eligible for inclusion.

Pain Outcomes with an Elliptical Regimen (POWER) Study: Identifying the Proper Dosage of Exercise for Therapeutic Effect in Persons with Chronic Back Pain.

Background Context: Exercise therapy for low back pain has long been prescribed as one of the initial remedies for back pain. Traditional therapy is completed under a therapist's supervision and consists of lumbar stabilization, aerobic exercise and stretching exercises. Recent studies have explored treating back pain with aerobic exercise such as walking which can be done anywhere and without supervision which is lower cost and easily administered.

A Prospective Assessment of an Adjustable, Immediate Fit, Transtibial Prosthesis.

Background: There exists a need for an adjustable socket to accommodate residual limb volume and shape changes. Further, limb loss rates globally are rising and there is a large unmet need for affordable and accessible prosthetic systems.

Objective: To assess the utility of an immediate fit modular prosthetic system (iFIT Prosthetics, LLC).