Validation of a patient activity monitor to quantify ambulatory activity in an amputee population

Prosthet Orthot Int. 2007 Jun;31(2):157-66. doi: 10.1080/03093640600988617.

Abstract

The ability to objectively measure an amputee's walking activity over prolonged periods can provide clinicians with a useful means of evaluating their patients' outcomes. The present study aimed to validate the temporospatial data output from a commercially available ambulatory activity monitor (PAM, Ossur) fitted to trans-tibial and trans-femoral amputees, against data that was simultaneously captured from a three dimensional motion analysis system (Qualisys Medical AB, Gothenburg, Sweden). Results indicate that the PAM monitor provides accurate measures of temporospatial aspects of amputee gait for walking speeds above 0.75 m/s.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Amputation, Surgical / rehabilitation*
  • Artificial Limbs*
  • Femur
  • Gait*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Monitoring, Ambulatory / instrumentation*
  • Monitoring, Ambulatory / standards*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Tibia
  • Walking