Clinical and Functional Assessment of Patients With Transfemoral Amputation Treated With Osteointegrated Implant

Exclusion Criteria

• •Peripheral vascular diseases;
• •Pregnancy;
• •Rheumatoid arthritis;
• •Neurological deficits;
• •Amputation of the contralateral limb;
• •Active infections;
• •Immunodeficiency;
• •Comorbidities/concurrent disabilities, general or localized (Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, muscle tone disorders, malignant neoplasms, etc.), that may interfere with the study;
• •Presence of uncontrolled psychiatric comorbidities;
• •Declared or evident cognitive deficits that would impair understanding of the tasks required (MMSE ≤ 24);
• •Insufficient degree of cooperation;
• •Length of the bone stump (measured from the lesser trochanter to the apex of the stump) less than 15 cm;
• •Previous radiotherapy on the amputated limb;
• •Ongoing chemotherapy treatments.
• •Smoking;
• •Uncontrolled diabetes;
• •Previous infections;
• •Presence of additional joint prostheses on the same limb;
• •Osteoporosis with a T-score of -2.5 or lower.