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Optimizing Gait Rehabilitation for Veterans With Non-traumatic Lower Limb Amputation
Optimizing Gait Rehabilitation for Veterans With Non-Traumatic Lower Limb Amputation
Who can join
Ages 40 to 89 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Unilateral, non-traumatic, transtibial amputation * Diabetes mellitus and/or peripheral artery disease * Able to ambulate in the community without assistive device * Step length asymmetry during walking (\>1.0 asymmetry index.) * 6 months since amputation Exclusion Criteria: * Unstable heart condition * Including unstable angina, uncontrolled cardiac dysrhythmia, acute myocarditis, hypertension, and acute pericarditis * Acute systemic infection * Active cancer treatment * Traumatic or cancer related amputation etiology
About the study
The population of older Veterans with non-traumatic lower limb amputation is growing. Following lower limb amputation, asymmetrical movements persist during walking and likely contribute to disabling sequelae including secondary pain conditions, poor gait efficiency, impaired physical function, and compromised skin integrity of the residual limb. This study seeks to address chronic gait asymmetry by evaluating the efficacy of two error-manipulation gait training programs to improve gait symmetry for Veterans with non-traumatic lower limb amputation. Additional this study will evaluate the potential of error-manipulation training programs to improve secondary measures of disability and residual limb skin health. Ultimately, this study aims to improve conventional prosthetic rehabilitation for Veterans with non-traumatic amputation through gait training programs based in motor learning principles, resulting in improved gait symmetry and lower incidence of long-term disability after non-traumatic lower limb amputation.
What is being tested
- Error-augmentation gait training (behavioral)
- Error-correction gait training (behavioral)
- Supervised walking (behavioral)
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development · Participants: 54 · Started: Oct 9, 2019
Contact the study team
- Cory L Christiansen, PhD · Phone: (303) 724-9101
- Ryan Stephenson, DO · Phone: (303) 399-8020
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT03995238
Locations in the U.S.
| Colorado | Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO, Aurora |
| Virginia | Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA, Richmond |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.