Observational Study
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World J Orthop. Jun 18, 2016; 7(6): 383-391
Published online Jun 18, 2016. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v7.i6.383
Quantifying prosthetic gait deviation using simple outcome measures
Lauren Kark, Ross Odell, Andrew S McIntosh, Anne Simmons
Lauren Kark, Ross Odell, Anne Simmons, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Andrew S McIntosh, Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention, Federation University, Ballarat, Victoria 3350, Australia
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the design of the study; Kark L collected and analysed the data, and prepared the initial manuscript; data analysis was performed in collaboration with Odell R; all authors revised the article.
Institutional review board statement: This study received approval from the University of New South Wales Human Research Ethics Committee (approval No.: HREC07247).
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided informed written consent prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors report no conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. Lauren Kark, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Samuels Building (F25), Gate 11 Botany Street, Randwick, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. lauren.kark@unsw.edu.au
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Received: January 29, 2016
Peer-review started: February 1, 2016
First decision: March 25, 2016
Revised: April 12, 2016
Accepted: May 7, 2016
Article in press: May 9, 2016
Published online: June 18, 2016
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Core Tip

Core tip: The number of available outcome measures and multi-dimensionality of functional status complicate appropriate selection. This study assists clinicians in choosing apposite measures by exploring the relationship between various measures and demonstrating that often expensive and unavailable measures can be estimated using a combination of readily available self-report and performance-based measures.