Impact of Targeted Rehabilitation Programs on Kinematic Gait Parameters in Lower Limb Amputees

This research project will be a sub-component of a more extensive three year project called Gait Rehabilitation Analysis for Amputee Locomotion (GRAAL). The aim of GRAAL is to improve the rehabilitation and follow up of individuals with lower limb amputations (LLAs). The research project I will take part in will utilize gait analysis as a measurement tool of compensation strategies in participants with LLAs. Kinematic data in slope and step terrains will be gathered and assessed to identify the gait compensation strategies in participants. Furthermore, the results from the analyses conducted will inform the development of a four week targeted rehabilitation program for each participant. The rehabilitation program will be implemented during the project and the research participants will be re-administered a gait analysis after the completion of the program.TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Sandra Hundza

Student:

Partner:

Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis

Discipline:

Life Sciences

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University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Globalink Research Award