THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ICEROSS PROSTHESES AMONGST TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTEES WITH A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE WORKPLACE - A PRELIMINARY-STUDY

A clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of ICEROSS o n randomly selected 46 male transtibial amputees. After rejection, onl y 27 (58,69%) amputees volunteered for various stages of the ICEROSS t rial. All 27 were categorized into Group A - persons in employment (n = 16) and Group B - persons out of employment or economically inactive (n = 11). The study was conducted on the basis of questionnaire infor mation, clinical examination and objective tests. The pre- and post-IC EROSS status were compared between the groups. Group A was younger and did better. Trauma was the main cause of amputation. There were certa in changes of the stump before and after ICEROSS. The amputees with IC EROSS suspension performed better and had improved mobility in Group A . At the workplace, dynamic activities were less than the static activ ities (p < 0.001) and there were overall improvements in comfort and p erformance of amputees with ICEROSS.