A review of user needs to drive the development of lower limb prostheses

S Manz, R Valette, F Damonte, L Avanci Gaudio… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2022 - Springer
Background The development of bionic legs has seen substantial improvements in the past
years but people with lower-limb amputation still suffer from impairments in mobility (eg …

Embodiment for robotic lower-limb exoskeletons: A narrative review

RL Hybart, DP Ferris - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research on embodiment of objects external to the human body has revealed important
information about how the human nervous system interacts with robotic lower limb …

What the study of spinal cord injured patients can tell us about the significance of the body in cognition

V Moro, M Scandola, SM Aglioti - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2022 - Springer
Although in the last three decades philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists have
produced numerous studies on human cognition, the debate concerning its nature is still …

On the (non-) rationality of human enhancement and transhumanism

DM Lyreskog, A McKeown - Science and engineering ethics, 2022 - Springer
The human enhancement debate has over the last few decades been concerned with
ethical issues in methods for improving the physical, cognitive, or emotive states of …

The development and pilot study of a multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to compare patient and provider priorities around amputation-level outcomes

D Poehler, J Czerniecki, D Norvell… - MDM Policy & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia who are facing a lower-limb
amputation often require a transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) or a transtibial amputation …

Body image and its association with self-esteem among amputation cases at prosthetics center in Hilla City, Iraq

A Salahuddin Abdulrazaq, AM Jasim Shlash… - Iranian Rehabilitation …, 2022 - irj.uswr.ac.ir
Objectives: Throughout history, people have lived through various situations of security,
peace, recovery, and war, as well as the cruelty over the diversity, intensity, duration, or …

Patient experience and perceived benefits of physical therapy after lower limb amputation in middle-aged and older adults

HT Shih, MM Kubo, LD Horn, JN Gorton… - Journal of allied …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
The current study aimed to investigate the long-term effects of receiving post-amputation
physical therapy (PT) on individuals' self-reported functional outcomes and quality of life in …

A concern for falling impacts quality of life for people with a lower limb amputation

K Nugent, MW Payne, R Viana, J Unger… - International journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The purpose of this web-based survey study was to comprehensively evaluate subdomains
of concern for falling and its association with quality of life (QoL) among people with lower …

Experiencia de adaptación de las personas amputadas: la relación entre la prótesis y el bienestar psicológico: Adaptation experience of the amputees: the …

HV García - Nure Investigaciòn, 2022 - nureinvestigacion.es
Tras la amputación de un miembro, el paciente vive un complicado proceso de adaptación
a cambios físicos y psicológicos. La persona se ve obligada a aceptar la pérdida de una …

Resilience through practicing acceptance: A qualitative study of how patients cope with the psychosocial experiences following limb-threatening lower extremity …

AR Paniagua, LR Mundy, A Klassen, S Biswas… - Journal of Plastic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Limb-threatening injuries can have a profound impact on patient lives. The
impact on a patient's psychosocial well-being is widespread yet not well understood. This …