TY - JOUR AU - Vincent, Claude AU - Demers, Émilie AU - Moffet, Hélène AU - Corriveau, Hélène AU - Nadeau, Sylvie AU - Mercier, Catherine AU - other members of the RQRV group 2006-2009 PY - 2010 DA - 2010/09/20 TI - Use of an innovative model to evaluate mobility in seniors with lower-limb amputations of vascular origin: a pilot study JO - BMC Geriatrics SP - 68 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - The mobility of older individuals has often been only partially assessed, without considering all important aspects such as potential (available) versus effective (used) mobilities and the physical and psychosocial factors that modulate them. This study proposes a new model for evaluating mobility that considers all important aspects, applied here to lower-limb amputees with vascular origin. This model integrates the concepts of potential mobility (e.g. balance, speed of movement), effective mobility (e.g. life habits, movements in living areas) and factors that modulate these two types of mobility (e.g. strength, sensitivity, social support, depression). The main objective was to characterize potential and effective mobility as well as mobility modulators in a small sample of people with lower-limb amputations of vascular origin with different characteristics. The second objective of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility of measuring all variables in the model in a residential context. SN - 1471-2318 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-68 DO - 10.1186/1471-2318-10-68 ID - Vincent2010 ER -