Malaheem, Mohammad S. and Abd Razak, Nasrul Anuar and Abu Osman, Noor Azuan (2024) A systematic review of methods used to assist transtibial prosthetic alignment decision-making. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 48 (3). pp. 242-257. ISSN 0309-3646, DOI https://doi.org/10.1097/PXR.0000000000000309.
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Prosthetic alignment is a highly subjective process that is still based on clinical judgments. Thus, researchers have aimed their effort to quantify prosthetic alignment by providing an objective method that can assist and guide prosthetists in achieving transtibial (TT) prosthetic alignment. This systematic review aimed to examine the current literature on TT prosthetic alignment to scope the qualitative and quantitative methods designed to guide prosthetists throughout the TT prosthetic alignment process as well as evaluate the reported instruments and devices that are used to align TT prostheses and their clinical feasibility. A literature search, completed in June 2022, was performed using the following databases: Web of Science (Clarivate), SCOPUS (Elsevier), and Pub Med (Medline) with searching terms focusing on TT, prosthesis, prosthetist, prosthetic alignment, and questionnaires, resulting in 2790 studies being screened. Twenty-four studies have used quantitative methodologies, where sensor technologies were found to be the most frequently proposed technology combined with gait analysis tools and/or subjective assessments. A qualitative method that assists prosthetists throughout the alignment process was not found. In this systematic review, we presented diverse methods for guiding and assisting clinical decision-making regarding TT prosthetic alignment. However, most of these methods considered varied parameters, and there is a need for elaboration toward standardized methods, which would improve the prosthetic alignment clinical outcome.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | prosthetic; alignment; prosthetist; amputations; transtibial |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering > Biomedical Engineering Department |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2024 08:38 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2024 08:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/45192 |
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