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Cycling of people with a lower limb amputation in Thailand

AIM: To investigate cycling participation and barriers, and facilitators in adults with a lower limb amputation in Thailand. METHOD: Questionnaires were given to 424 adults with uni/bilateral lower limb amputation from midfoot to hip disarticulation level at five public hospitals in Bangkok and pros...

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Autores principales: Poonsiri, Jutamanee, Dekker, Rienk, Dijkstra, Pieter U., Nutchamlong, Yasmin, Dismanopnarong, Chanapak, Puttipaisan, Chiraphan, Suakonburi, Samai, Pimchan, Pensupa, Hijmans, Juha M., Geertzen, Jan H. B.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31374098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220649
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author Poonsiri, Jutamanee
Dekker, Rienk
Dijkstra, Pieter U.
Nutchamlong, Yasmin
Dismanopnarong, Chanapak
Puttipaisan, Chiraphan
Suakonburi, Samai
Pimchan, Pensupa
Hijmans, Juha M.
Geertzen, Jan H. B.
author_facet Poonsiri, Jutamanee
Dekker, Rienk
Dijkstra, Pieter U.
Nutchamlong, Yasmin
Dismanopnarong, Chanapak
Puttipaisan, Chiraphan
Suakonburi, Samai
Pimchan, Pensupa
Hijmans, Juha M.
Geertzen, Jan H. B.
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description AIM: To investigate cycling participation and barriers, and facilitators in adults with a lower limb amputation in Thailand. METHOD: Questionnaires were given to 424 adults with uni/bilateral lower limb amputation from midfoot to hip disarticulation level at five public hospitals in Bangkok and prosthetic mobile units in Thailand. Participant characteristics were summarized using descriptive statistics. Variables associated with cycling (p<0.1) were entered in a logistic regression model. RESULTS: Participants who cycled (46.7%, N = 197), mostly used their walking prostheses (91.9%, n = 188). Of cyclists, 92.4% had cycled before the amputation. Cyclists started cycling after the amputation by themselves (86.7%) mostly in order to increase/maintain health (67.0%). Most cyclists cycled on quiet roads. The most frequent destination was shops/market (64.1%). More facilitators were reported than barriers. Most reported barriers were related to health problems and negative attitudes toward cycling. Most reported facilitators were related to perceived health benefits and positive attitude toward cycling. The likelihood of cycling after the amputation increased in people who cycled before the amputation, were amputated lower than the knee, used a prosthetic foot with axis/axes, were amputated due to trauma, had income higher than 415 euro/month, and who reported a higher numbers of facilitators. CONCLUSION: After a lower limb amputation, nearly half of people cycled. People with a below knee amputation due to trauma with prior cycling experience and higher income tended to cycle after the amputation. People who perceived more facilitators were more likely to cycle. Although cyclists could use a walking prosthesis to cycle, a prosthetic foot with a greater range of motion than the SACH increased the cycling likelihood.
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spelling pubmed-66773112019-08-05 Cycling of people with a lower limb amputation in Thailand Poonsiri, Jutamanee Dekker, Rienk Dijkstra, Pieter U. Nutchamlong, Yasmin Dismanopnarong, Chanapak Puttipaisan, Chiraphan Suakonburi, Samai Pimchan, Pensupa Hijmans, Juha M. Geertzen, Jan H. B. PLoS One Research Article AIM: To investigate cycling participation and barriers, and facilitators in adults with a lower limb amputation in Thailand. METHOD: Questionnaires were given to 424 adults with uni/bilateral lower limb amputation from midfoot to hip disarticulation level at five public hospitals in Bangkok and prosthetic mobile units in Thailand. Participant characteristics were summarized using descriptive statistics. Variables associated with cycling (p<0.1) were entered in a logistic regression model. RESULTS: Participants who cycled (46.7%, N = 197), mostly used their walking prostheses (91.9%, n = 188). Of cyclists, 92.4% had cycled before the amputation. Cyclists started cycling after the amputation by themselves (86.7%) mostly in order to increase/maintain health (67.0%). Most cyclists cycled on quiet roads. The most frequent destination was shops/market (64.1%). More facilitators were reported than barriers. Most reported barriers were related to health problems and negative attitudes toward cycling. Most reported facilitators were related to perceived health benefits and positive attitude toward cycling. The likelihood of cycling after the amputation increased in people who cycled before the amputation, were amputated lower than the knee, used a prosthetic foot with axis/axes, were amputated due to trauma, had income higher than 415 euro/month, and who reported a higher numbers of facilitators. CONCLUSION: After a lower limb amputation, nearly half of people cycled. People with a below knee amputation due to trauma with prior cycling experience and higher income tended to cycle after the amputation. People who perceived more facilitators were more likely to cycle. Although cyclists could use a walking prosthesis to cycle, a prosthetic foot with a greater range of motion than the SACH increased the cycling likelihood. Public Library of Science 2019-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6677311/ /pubmed/31374098 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220649 Text en © 2019 Poonsiri et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Dekker, Rienk
Dijkstra, Pieter U.
Nutchamlong, Yasmin
Dismanopnarong, Chanapak
Puttipaisan, Chiraphan
Suakonburi, Samai
Pimchan, Pensupa
Hijmans, Juha M.
Geertzen, Jan H. B.
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title_fullStr Cycling of people with a lower limb amputation in Thailand
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title_short Cycling of people with a lower limb amputation in Thailand
title_sort cycling of people with a lower limb amputation in thailand
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31374098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220649
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