OUTCOME MEASURES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LOWER-LIMB LOSS

Use of standardized outcome measures with established psychometric properties (e.g. reliability, validity, etc.) for adults with lower-limb amputations may assist clinicians with objectively documenting patient progress; justifying functional level classification (i.e. K-level), healthcare services, and products (i.e. prostheses); and predicting important patient outcomes, such as fall risk and prosthesis nonuse. Check out the following CLINICIAN HANDOUTS for “how-to” summaries of evidence-based measures that you can implement in your everyday practice:

• Self-Report Measures ‘Cheat Sheet’ 

Performance-based Measures:

• 6-Minute Walk Test
• 2-Minute Walk Test
• 10-Meter Walk Test
• Timed Up and Go
• L-Test of Functional Mobility
• Four Square Step Test
• Functional Reach Test
• Figure-of-8 Walk Test
• 5x Sit-to-Stand