Rapid Rehabilitation to Treat Lower Extremity Trauma

Inclusion Criteria

• •Research participants will be eligible active duty service members and retired veterans.
• •Having lower limb trauma (transtibial and transfemoral amputations, bilateral amputations, and limb salvage).
• •Are enrolled in conventional rehabilitation at the participating military treatment centers.
• •Subjects with dysvascular disease will be excluded because compromised lower limb somatosensation and circulation are independently linked with poor postural stability and a history of frequent falls.
• •For subjects with amputations, the individual must be a community ambulator (i.e., K-Level 3 or 4).
• •For subjects with limb salvage, they will need to have an IDEO and be entered into the Return-to-Run training program.