Which is the Best Way to Perform the Physiological Cost Index in Active Individuals With Unilateral Trans-Tibial Amputation?
Stefano BrunelliA SancesarioM IosaA S DelussuN GentileschiC BonanniC FotiM TraballesiPublished in: Canadian prosthetics & orthotics journal (2019)
PCI is a reliable alternative measure of energy expenditure during walking in active individuals with trans-tibial amputation when performing over-ground or at high intensity effort on treadmill. PCI is therefore useful only for monitoring a within subject assessment.
Keyphrases
- high intensity
- lower limb
- total knee arthroplasty
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- resistance training
- antiplatelet therapy
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- peripheral artery disease
- atrial fibrillation
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- left ventricular
- finite element