Background Understanding how prostheses are used in everyday life is central to the
design, provision and evaluation of prosthetic devices and associated services. This paper …

Objective To investigate walking ability and quality of life of osseointegrated leg prostheses
compared with socket prostheses. Design Prospective case-control study. Setting University …

Treatment with osseointegrated transfemoral prostheses has been shown to improve quality
of life. The treatment has been performed in Sweden since 1990 and consists of two surgical …

Objective Socket prosthesis attachment is the current gold standard for limb amputees.
Osseointegrated implantation is a novel technique that has many proposed advantages over …

Objective To report outcomes regarding general and specific physical health-related quality
of life of treatment with percutaneous osseointegrated prostheses. Design Prospective 2 …

Background: The osseointegration programme for upper extremity amputation started in
Sweden in 1990, when a titanium fixture was first implanted into a thumb. This method has …

The purpose of this study was to characterize the functional outcome of 12 transfemoral
amputees fitted with osseointegrated fixation using temporal gait characteristics. The …

Falling represents a health risk for lower limb amputees fitted with an osseointegrated
fixation mainly because of the potential damage to the fixation. The purpose of this study …

The purpose of this proof-of-concept study was to determine the relevance of direct
measurements to monitor the load applied on the osseointegrated fixation of transfemoral …

The purpose of this preliminary study was to determine the relevance of the categorization of
the load regime data to assess the functional output and usage of the prosthesis of lower …