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Table 5 Utilization of current prosthesis

From: Survey of transfemoral amputee experience and priorities for the user-centered design of powered robotic transfemoral prostheses

Variable

Overall (N = 114)

NMPK (n = 45)

MPK (n = 69)

pc

fc

Median (IQR)

Involvement in prosthesis selectiona

5 (3.5)

4 (3)

6 (1)

 < 0.001

0.814

Prosthesis utilization

 Days per week

7 (0)

7 (0)

7 (0)

 < 0.001

0.616

 Hours per day

14 (6)

10 (7)

15 (2)

 < 0.001

0.783

Frequency of Prosthesis Use, by contextb

 At work

5 (0)

5 (2)

5 (0)

 < 0.001

0.655

 At home

5 (2)

3 (3.5)

5 (1)

 < 0.001

0.783

 Free time

5 (1)

4 (3)

5 (0)

 < 0.001

0.717

  1. aValues on Likert Scale from 1 (low) to 6 (high) involvement/satisfaction. bLikert values of 1–5 describing frequency of use. cAll statistical comparisons performed via Mann–Whitney U Test (p), with common language effect size (f)