In Brief:
The purpose of this study was to characterize the functional outcome of 12 transfemoral amputees fitted with osseointegrated fixation using temporal gait characteristics. The objectives were a) to present the cadence, duration of gait cycle, support, and swing phases with an emphasis on the stride-to-stride and participant- to-participant variability, and b) to compare these temporal variables with normative data extracted from the literature focusing on transfemoral amputees fitted with a socket and able-bodied participants. All combined, the results indicated that the fitting of an osseointegrated fixation has enabled this group of amputees to restore their locomotion with a highly functional level.
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