Estimate consumption of oxygen in people with unilateral amputation of the lower limbs

  • Elisabete Antunes San Martin
  • Paloma de Borba Schneiders
  • Tatiana Lasch de Souza Fisioterapeuta formada pela Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC
  • Ana Paula Dattein Peiter
  • Cássia da Luz Goulart
  • Andréa Lúcia Gonçalves da Silva Amputation; Oxygen consumption; Lower limbs; Daily activities
  • Angela Cristina Ferreira da Silva Coordenadora do Departamento de Educação Física e Saúde da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC
Keywords: Amputation, Oxygen consumption, Lower limbs, Daily activities

Abstract

Besides anatomical alterations, the amputation of a lower limb (LL) affects energy expenditure and increases oxygen consumption (VO2). The VO2 of LL-amputated people is estimated and the clinical characteristics affecting it are identified. Current transversal study verified the functional capacity and calculated VO2 by the questionnaire Duke Activity Status Index (DASI). Twenty-eight LL-amputated people were evaluated: 50% traumatic cases and 50% non-traumatic cases; age 54.1±19.1 years) at transfemur (75%) and transtibia (25%) level, predominantly obese (42.9%) and males (78.6%). Total DASI score was 16.7(2.7–36.7) and VO2 was estimated at 17.2±4.6 mL.kg-1.min-1. Functional capacity was compromised and VO2 extremely weak. There was a co-relationship between estimated VO2 and age (r= -0.516; p=0.005) of total sample and when analyzed by transfemur amputation level (r=-0.577; p=0.006). Unilateral LL-amputated people had decreased functional capacity and very weak VO2. Age, obesity, transfemur level and non-traumatic cause affected directly low estimated VO2.

Author Biographies

Elisabete Antunes San Martin
Acadêmicas do curso de fisioterapia da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Brasil.
Paloma de Borba Schneiders
Acadêmicas do curso de fisioterapia da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Brasil.
Tatiana Lasch de Souza, Fisioterapeuta formada pela Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC
Fisioterapeutas pela Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Brasil.
Ana Paula Dattein Peiter
Fisioterapeutas pela Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Brasil.
Cássia da Luz Goulart
Doutoranda da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR), Brasil.
Andréa Lúcia Gonçalves da Silva, Amputation; Oxygen consumption; Lower limbs; Daily activities
Pós-doutoranda da University of Illinois, College Medicine at Chicago (UIC)
Angela Cristina Ferreira da Silva, Coordenadora do Departamento de Educação Física e Saúde da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC
Coordenadora do Departamento de Educação Física e Saúde da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Brasil.

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Published
2018-11-13
Section
Artigos Originais