Frequency and circumstances of falls reported by ambulatory unilateral lower limb prosthesis users: a secondary analysis

More than 50% of lower limb prosthesis (LLP) users report falling at least once a year, placing them at high risk for adverse health outcomes like reduced mobility and diminished quality-of-life. Efforts to reduce falls among LLP users have traditionally focused on developing clinical tests to assess fall risk, designing prosthetic components to improve patient safety, and identifying risk factors to recognize potential fallers. Little attention has been directed towards recording, reporting, and characterizing the circumstances of falls among LLP users.

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