Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Κλινική Εξειδίκευση «Φυσική Αποκατάσταση: Χειροθεραπεία»Library of the School of Health Sciences
Supervisors info:
Φιλίππου Αναστάσιος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Κουτσιλιέρης Μιχαήλ, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Βαϊόπουλος Γεώργιος, Ομότιμος Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
H επίδραση της άσκησης σε φυσιολογικές και λειτουργικές παραμέτρους, σε άτομα με ακρωτηριασμό κάτω άκρου
Translated title:
The effect of exercise on physiological and functional parameters, in people with lower limb amputation
Summary:
Exercise is the most important tool available to improve the functional capacity, the most complete and correct treatment of musculoskeletal conditions, the improvement of cardiorespiratory function and ultimately the improvement of quality of life. In this study, the beneficial effect of exercise on physiological and functional parameters of individuals with lower limb amputation (LLA) is described and documented through the review of the relevant scientific literature. People with LLA are faced with serious physical and psychological disorders, which result in their increasing physical inactivity that eventually leads to a sedentary lifestyle, reduction of their daily number of steps and kinesiophobia (mainly due to fear of falling, social marginalization, lack of infrastructure and pain in the stump area). Exercise is a particularly important intervention in the treatment of dysfunction and disability caused by the loss of part of the lower limb. Specifically, people with LLA were able to reduce their energy expenditure while walking (reduced oxygen consumption by 15% and heart rate by 10%), to develop skills they did not have before, such as running, to feel safer and more confident during walking, to reduce the risk of falling, to have the ability of self-selection of the walking speed (Preferred Walking Speed), to improve their daily number of steps and, ultimately, to reduce the degree of sedentary lifestyle that has been shown to increase the risk of mortality. Indicatively, with the use of a specific prosthesis (Running Specific Prosthesis) and appropriate exercise, people with LLA managed to achieve almost the same walking speed on a treadmill as that of able-bodied runner, showing a higher heart rate but similar aerobic capacity. Overall, people with LLA experience significant beneficial effects through exercise on many physiological and functional outcome, gaining the ability of a functional and autonomous life.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Lower limb amputation , Exercise, Balance, Flexibility, Strenght, Oxygen uptake
