Key result
Pregnancy in a 36-year-old woman with a right transfemoral amputation affected comfort, pain, and functional performance across two separate pregnancies.
Why the study?
Women living with limb loss face unique challenges during pregnancy, including compromised comfort, pain, activity, and increased fall risks from altered center of gravity.
How does pregnancy affect comfort, pain, and functional performance in women with transfemoral limb loss?
Case Report (n=1)
How does pregnancy affect comfort, pain, and functional performance in women with transfemoral limb loss?
Pregnancy in women with transfemoral limb loss compromises comfort, pain, and functional performance, highlighting the need for specialized prosthetic management guidelines.
May heighten discomfort and fall risk in pregnant transfemoral amputees; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective studies.
Women living with limb loss (amputees) have unique needs that increase during pregnancy. Comfort, pain, and activity are exponentially compromised. Changes in mass and altered center of gravity increase the likelihood of falls and compromise safety for the mother and unborn baby. Subjective and physical functional performance measures data was collected through 2 separate pregnancies on a 36-year-old woman with a right transfemoral amputation. Physiological changes during pregnancy effected comfort, pain, and functional performance. Clinical practice guidelines for prosthetic management should be established to include protocols such as adjustment schedules, specialized socket design, and necessary component changes throughout the course of pregnancy.
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Kahle et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Transfemoral limb loss (n=1). Pregnancy was evaluated on Comfort, pain, and functional performance. Pregnancy in a 36-year-old woman with a right transfemoral amputation affected comfort, pain, and functional performance across two separate pregnancies.
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