Fábio Carlos Lucas de Oliveira, Samuel Williamson, Clare L Ardern, Kristina Fagher, Neil Heron, Dina Christina Christa Janse van Rensburg, Marleen G T Jansen, Nikki Kolman, Sean Richard O'Connor, Tobias Saueressig, Linda Schoonmade, Jane S Thornton, Nick Webborn, Babette M Pluim
OBJECTIVE: This scoping review examines how different levels and types of partial foot amputation affect gait and explores how these findings may affect the minimal impairment criteria for wheelchair tennis. METHODS: Four databases (PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and SPORTDiscus) were systematically searched in February 2021 for terms related to partial foot amputation and ambulation. The search was updated in February 2022. All study designs investigating gait-related outcomes in individuals with partial foot amputation were included and independently screened by two reviewers based on Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews...
December 5, 2022: British Journal of Sports Medicine