ESTUDO DA RELAÇÃO DO EQUILÍBRIO DINÂMICO E MEDIDA FUNCIONAL EM PACIENTES COM AMPUTAÇÃO TRANSFEMORAL PROTETIZADOS

Abstract

Individuals with lower limb amputations present difficulties in maintaining static and dynamic balance, which may predispose and cause falls, in which more severe cases may lead to fractures. The objective of this study was to verify the functional factors of transfemoral lower limb amputated patients using transfemoral endoskeletal prosthesis assisted at the Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Center of the city of Varginha, MG, using the Amputee Functional Measure (FMA) and analyze the risk of falls during walking by applying the Timed up and go (TUG) test. It was submitted to the Ethics in Research Committee of the Teaching and Research Foundation of the University Center of the South of Minas - FEPESMIG and approved according to the number of opinion 3,028,539 and CAAE 99656718.8.0000.5111. It is a cross sectional and observational quantitative study, with a systematic sample composed of 21individuals. The results obtained in the two moments were confronted in order to verify if the variables: age, and time of proteolation would influence the functionality of the transfemoral amputated patients. It was concluded that the comparisons between the variables of time of protection of the individuals with transfemoral amputation and the mean of the TUG had statistical relevance which corroborates with the clinical practice. However the variable time of proteol- ification when compared to the FMA mean was not considered relevant.