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Lead
Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium
With
United States Department of Defense
Age
18–60
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Ages 18-60
2. Currently two or more years out from a traumatic unilateral lower extremity injury at or below the knee
3. Healed fractures and able to fully weight bear
4. Evidence of either:
* Weakness of ankle dorsiflexors and /or plantarflexors resulting from leg injury (defined as less than 4 out of 5 on manual muscle test)
* Limited ankle dorsiflexion (\< 10 degrees) and /or limited ankle plantarflexion (\< 20 degrees) resulting from leg injury
* Mechanical pain with loading to hindfoot/midfoot (\>= 50 mm on a 0-100 mm visual analogue scale assessing average daily pain)
* Ankle or Hindfoot fusion or candidate for ankle or hindfoot fusion
* Candidate for amputation secondary to ankle/foot impairment
You may not be if
1. Ankle plantarflexion or dorsiflexion weakness as a result of spinal cord injury or central nervous system pathology.
2. Non-ambulatory
3. Surgery on study limb anticipated in next 6 months
4. Medical or psychological conditions that would preclude functional testing (ex. severe traumatic brain injury, stroke, renal failure, heart disease, severe anemia)
5. Neurologic, musculoskeletal or other conditions affecting contralateral extremity preventing the study of a healthy control limb
6. Unable or unwilling to participate in two 4-week PT programs
7. Pregnancy
8. Non-English speaking
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