Milena Zavatini Secco, Larissa Lavoura Balbi, Maira Stéfanie de Castro Pereira, Wilker Santos Costa, Ana Regina de Souza Bavaresco Barros, Marisa de Cássia Registro Fonseca
BACKGROUND: After lower limb amputations, a decrease in gait capacity, even with prostheses, is common and persistent. Functional ability involves multiple constructs; therefore, several outcome measures, such as performance tests or self-report questionnaires, should be used to evaluate people with amputation who use prostheses. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the convergent construct validity of the Brazilian version of the Houghton scale in a sample of lower limb prosthesis users...
February 20, 2024: Prosthetics and Orthotics International