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The Role of Visual Attention and Environmental Complexity in Real-world Mobility for People With Lower Limb Amputation
RECRUITING
18 years and over
Inclusion Criteria:
* unilateral transtibial LLA of either dysvascular (diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and/or infection) or traumatic etiology
* 18 years old minimum
* able to ambulate 2 minutes without rest
* 9 months since LLA
* fitted with terminal prosthesis
* 20/60 vision or better (with or without glasses/contacts)
Exclusion Criteria:
* congenital or cancer-related LLA
* ankle-level or above LLA on the contralateral limb
* residual limb wound or contralateral foot ulcer
* unstable heart condition (including unstable angina, uncontrolled cardiac dysrhythmia, acute myocarditis, hypertension, and acute pericarditis)
* acute systemic infection
* prisoner
* inability to follow a 3-step command
* concussion/brain injury in the past 12 months
* active cancer treatment
* preexisting neurological condition (i.e., multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease)
* participating in prosthetic rehabilitation
* color-blindness
* history of seizure(s)
* inability to read and communicate in English.
Participants in the control group must meet the non-amputation-related criteria noted above, be within ±2 years and the same biological sex as their paired participants with LLA.OTHER: Comprehensive assessment of walking patterns and functional mobility, OTHER: Comprehensive assessment of eye movements during walking, OTHER: Questionnaire Assessments completed
Lower Limb Amputation
Paul Kline - klinep@vcu.edu
NCT07831707