Static Load Bearing During Early Rehabilitation Of Transfemoral Amputees Using Osseointegrated Fixation | QUT ePrints QUT Home Contact Home Browse About Login Static Load Bearing During Early Rehabilitation Of Transfemoral Amputees Using Osseointegrated Fixation Cairns, Nicola, Frossard, Laurent, Hagberg, Kerstin, & Branemark, Rickard (2006) Static Load Bearing During Early Rehabilitation Of Transfemoral Amputees Using Osseointegrated Fixation. In Dillon, M P (Ed.) Proceedings ofthe 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics Australia. Keynote Conferences, Australia, Western Australia, West Leederville, pp. 51-52. Preview PDF (100kB) 5300_1.pdf. Description Many transfemoral amputees wearing conventional socket prostheses experience pain related to the socket-residuum interface and difficulties with socket retention or fit due to a short residuum. In consideration of these problems a direct skeletal fixation method has been developed whereby a titanium implant is screwed into the medullary canal of the residual femur. Prosthetic components are directly attached to the fixation, once osseointegrated, removing the need for a prosthetic socket. The rehabilitation program to return to ambulation involves incremental static loading of the fixation until full weight bearing is achieved. The rate of loading, which is intended to be isolated to the long axis of the fixation, is determined by the quality of the residual skeleton and a qualitative assessment of the pain experienced by the amputee on loading. Rotational loading of the implant is to be avoided at this stage. The amputee uses a domestic weigh-scale to provide feedback of the load applied. This study aims to measure the true load applied to the fixation and compare this with the clinically prescribed axial load. Impact and interest: Search Google Scholar™ Citation counts are sourced monthly from Scopus and Web of Science® citation databases. These databases contain citations from different subsets of available publications and different time periods and thus the citation count from each is usually different. Some works are not in either database and no count is displayed. Scopus includes citations from articles published in 1996 onwards, and Web of Science® generally from 1980 onwards. Citations counts from the Google Scholar™ indexing service can be viewed at the linked Google Scholar™ search. Notify us of incorrect data How to use citation counts More information Full-text downloads: 253 since deposited on 19 Oct 2006 4 in the past twelve months Full-text downloads displays the total number of times this work’s files (e.g., a PDF) have been downloaded from QUT ePrints as well as the number of downloads in the previous 365 days. The count includes downloads for all files if a work has more than one. More statistics... ID Code: 5300 Item Type: Chapter in Book, Report or Conference volume (Conference contribution) ORCID iD: Frossard, Laurent orcid.org/0000-0002-0248-9589 Measurements or Duration: 2 Keywords: Above-knee, Biometrics, Bone-anchored, Load Cell, Transducer ISBN: 06464640904 Pure ID: 33783664 Divisions: Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering ?? 1409 ?? Past > Institutes > Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Science & Engineering Faculty ?? 32 - ?? Copyright Owner: Consult author(s) regarding copyright matters Copyright Statement: This work is covered by copyright. Unless the document is being made available under a Creative Commons Licence, you must assume that re-use is limited to personal use and that permission from the copyright owner must be obtained for all other uses. If the document is available under a Creative Commons License (or other specified license) then refer to the Licence for details of permitted re-use. It is a condition of access that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. If you believe that this work infringes copyright please provide details by email to qut.copyright@qut.edu.au Deposited On: 19 Oct 2006 00:00 Last Modified: 18 Sep 2021 00:04 Export: EndNote | Dublin Core | BibTeX Repository Staff Only: item control page Home Browse research About CRICOS No. 00213J ABN 83 791 724 622 Accessibility Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Right to Information
