Review of the outcomes of the Scottish Specialist Prosthetics Service
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Evaluation of Specialist Prosthetic Provision in Scotland: the impact of state-of-the-art upper and lower limb prosthetics on users in terms of patient reported and objective outcome measures.
IRAS ID
286631
Contact name
Fiona Davie-Smith
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS GGC
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
This study aims to increase the depth of understanding on the provision of state of the art upper and lower limb prosthetics on individual users in Scotland. There are four sub-groups of state-of-the-art-prosthetic users that this study will be examining: (a) microprocessor knee (MPK) users; (b) hydraulic foot and ankle users; (c) multiarticulating hand (MAH) users and (d)Prosthetic Limbs for Sporting activities. Each group of users will be discussed in reference to the type of state of the art prosthetic device they are provided with.
This study aims to answer the following research question
What is the impact of state of the art prosthetic limbs on the user? Impact is measured by a variety of patient reported measures and objective outcome measures recorded prior to and at 6-12 months after provision and in some cases on an annual basis (see below). All of the data required by this study has already been collected, or continues to be collected by clinicians working in the Scottish Specialist Prosthetic Service (SSPS) as per the service level agreement. No additional information will be required of the patients whose data will be accessed, and the analysis of the data and dissemination is ongoing as the SSPS Clinical Co-ordinator reports to NSD on a regular basis.
REC name
West of Scotland REC 3
REC reference
21/WS/0095
Date of REC Opinion
6 Oct 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion