Clinical trials: Amputation, Wound
Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury)
The CYBERnetic Lower Limb Cocognitive Ortho-prosthesis Plus Plus, 1st Clinical Study (CLs++)
The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy and the usability of the cyberlegs ++ ortho prosthesis to improve the mobility and the quality of life in transfemoral amputees .
- Trial name
- NCT03376919
- Testing
- CLs++ gait training
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Amputation, Amputation, Traumatic
GaMA Metric to Quantify Functional Importance of Various Upper Limb Prosthetic Devices
The goal of this study is to utilize the Gaze and Movement Assessment (GaMA) metric to assess the effect of different prosthetic components on compensatory movements used to complete activities of daily living.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Amputation, Traumatic, Amputation; Traumatic, Hand, Amputation; Traumatic, Limb
- Trial name
- NCT06420687
- Testing
- Clinically prescribed prosthesis, Experimental prosthesis - Wrist rotation + 1-DOF, Experimental prosthesis - Wrist rotation + Wrist flexion +1-DOF
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Upper Limb Amputation Below Elbow (Injury)
Assessment of Gesture Accuracy of a Prosthesis Control System
The study is evaluating the performance of prosthesis control system, referred to as Phantom X, in able bodied individuals and individuals with upper limb amputation at the forearm level.
- Trial name
- ASCENT (NCT06446037)
- Testing
- Non-invasive EMG band instrumentation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Phantom Neuro Inc.
Phantom Limb
Virtual Integrated Environment in Decreasing Phantom Limb Pain
The purpose of this study is to determine if observing a virtual arm decreases phantom limb pain (PLP) in upper extremity amputees.
- Trial name
- VIE (NCT01462461)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Lower Limb Amputation Knee, Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury)
Validity and Reliability of The 3-Meter Backward Walk Test in Individuals With Lower Limb Amputation
Clinicians are routinely required to make decisions about fall risk among lower limb prosthesis users. For these decisions, clinicians should use valid, reliable, quantitative, and multidimensional measures of balance test for…
- Trial name
- NCT05095584
- Testing
- 3 meter backward walk test
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tezel Yıldırım Şahan
Blindness, Cerebrovascular Accident
Mechanisms of Human Plasticity in the Human System
The purpose of this study is to investigate the physiology associated with plasticity of the motor system. Plasticity refers to the process by which neighboring brain cells assume the responsibilities of damaged or diseased brain…
- Conditions
- Blindness, Cerebrovascular Accident, Spinal Cord Injury
- Trial name
- NCT00001661
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury)
The CYBERnetic LowEr Imb coGnitive Ortho-prostheis Plus Plus, 2nd Clinical Study (CLs++)
The aim of the project is to evaluate the efficacy of the Cyberlegs X-leg in people with a unilateral transfemoral (above the knee joint) and transtibial (under the knee joint) amputation.
- Trial name
- NCT04129853
- Testing
- Cyberlegs Xleg
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury)
Evaluation of a Motorised Prosthetic Knee
The study will investigate the effect over time of the Power Knee (Össur) on performance during daily activities in people with a unilateral transfemoral amputation, will determine subjective feelings and gait kinematics over…
- Trial name
- MOKI-B (NCT05407545)
- Testing
- Current prosthesis, Active Prosthesis (PowerKnee)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury)
Decoding Motion Planning Using Cortical Potentials
The team will investigate the user's intention to move by using cortical activity during a sit to stand movement performance in people with a transfemoral amputation and able-bodied individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT04325516
- Testing
- Daily activities
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Hemorrhage, Vascular Injury
A Transparent Elasticized Adhesive Occlusive Compression Bandage for Use as an Arterial Tourniquet
This cross-over study of twenty five (anticipated) healthy human subjects will utilize two active control devices, and two different widths of the investigational device.
- Trial name
- NCT02592655
- Testing
- Pneumatic Tourniquet, One Windlass Tourniquet, Two Windlass Tourniquets
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marcus Migura
Upper Limb Amputation Below Elbow (Injury)
Myoelectric SoftHand Pro to Improve Prosthetic Function for People With Below-elbow Amputations: A Feasibility Study
A study to investigate the hypothesis that a Pisa/IIT Robotic SoftHand Pro converted to a prosthetic terminal device will enhance the performance of people with limb loss in a wider range of daily living tasks than allowed by…
- Trial name
- SoftHand (NCT02274532)
- Testing
- SoftHand
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karen L. Andrews, M.D.
Surgical Wound, Wound Heal
Evaluating the Outcomes for Incisional Application of Negative Pressure for Nontraumatic Amputations
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how well subjects heal after surgery who receive standard dressings or incisional negative pressure wound therapy for non-traumatic amputation sites.
- Conditions
- Surgical Wound, Wound Heal, Amputation
- Trial name
- NCT03250442
- Testing
- PrevenaTM Device, Standard Dry Dressing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Amputation, Wound; Foot
Comparing Wound Complication Following TMA With Aid of Electrospun Fiber Matrix
Transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) patient populations commonly have poor healing outcomes and a large number of complications. There has been little study on the benefits of augmenting a TMA with a synthetic graft substitute.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Wound; Foot, Wound Complication
- Trial name
- NCT06063694
- Testing
- Synthetic electrospun fiber matrix
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Scripps Health
Diabetes Mellitus, Leg Injuries
Prosthetic Components and Stability in Amputee Gait
The biomechanics of changing direction while walking has been largely neglected despite its relevancy to functional mobility. In addition, an increased risk of injury can be associated with turning due to a decrease in stability.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Leg Injuries, Traumatic Amputation
- Trial name
- NCT00167778
- Testing
- Transverse plane rotation adaptor pylon, Rigid pylon
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Amputation, Amputation; Traumatic, Leg, Lower
Clinical Outcomes With Passive MPKs vs. Powered Prosthetic Knees
The goal of this proposed project is to gather community-based data from the K4-level Transfemoral Amputee (TFA) population to aid in evidence-based prescription of powered prosthetic knees (i.e., choosing the right device to…
- Conditions
- Amputation, Amputation; Traumatic, Leg, Lower, Limb; Absence, Congenital, Lower, Prosthesis User
- Trial name
- NCT05267639
- Testing
- Power Knee
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liberating Technologies, Inc.
Neuropathic Pain, Amputation, Traumatic
Reiki for the Management of Neuropathic Pain
This is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, repeated measures study with intention-to-treat that involves exposure to Reiki therapy or a placebo control intervention for a total of six treatments, three…
- Trial name
- Reiki4Pain (NCT02328703)
- Testing
- Reiki Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
Amputation, Traumatic
Human Upper Extremity (Hand and Forearm) Allotransplantation
Overall Goal To establish hand transplantation as a safe and effective reconstructive strategy for the treatment of upper extremity amputations.
- Trial name
- NCT00722280
- Testing
- Hand Transplantation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Amputation, Amputation; Traumatic, Leg, Lower
Socket Cooling Effectiveness Take Home Study
The comfort and fit of the residual limb within a prosthetic socket are of primary concern for many amputees. The residual limb is typically covered by non-breathable and non- thermally conductive materials that can create a warm…
- Conditions
- Amputation, Amputation; Traumatic, Leg, Lower, Amputation Stump, Limb; Absence, Congenital, Lower
- Trial name
- NCT04484805
- Testing
- ICE Condition
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liberating Technologies, Inc.
Amputation, Traumatic
Sonographic Evaluation Of Nerve Thickness In Traumatic Lower-Limb Amputees
Lower limb amputation (LLA) commonly affects young and active people who have long life expectancy. It is a major surgery causing many functional deficiencies which can reduce overall health quality and physical condition of the…
- Trial name
- NCT04602793
- Testing
- ultrasonography
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
Brachial Plexus Neuropathies, Traumatic Brachial Plexus Lesion
Central Programming in Patients With a Bionic Hand After Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injury
Traumatic brachial plexus lesions may lead to permanent impairment of hand function despite brachial plexus surgery. In selected cases the affected forearm can be amputated and replaced by a bionic hand.
- Conditions
- Brachial Plexus Neuropathies, Traumatic Brachial Plexus Lesion, Bionic Hand Reconstruction
- Trial name
- NCT04649749
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna