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Lower-back pain (LBP) is a common secondary condition following lower-limb
amputation. The purpose of this study was to investigate LBP prevalence and the
relationship between LBP and physical activity (PA) levels in a national sample
of persons with traumatic transfemoral amputation (TFA). Questionnaires were
mailed to a random sample of people with traumatic TFA (n = 322) from the New
Zealand Artificial Limb Board national database. Of the participants who
completed the survey (55% response rate), 64.1% reported LBP and 39.1% reported
restricted PA due to LBP. There was no relationship between the PA levels of
persons with and without LBP (chi-square = 2.11, p > 0.05). There was an equal
distribution of persons with LBP in low, medium, and high PA subgroups. However,
persons who reported restricted PA due to LBP had lower PA scores than persons
with LBP and no restricted PA (chi-square = 11.56, p < 0.05). Based on our
results, LBP is prevalent in the traumatic TFA population.
PA levels are not
influenced by the presence or absence of LBP. However, future studies
investigating LBP coping strategies and using objective PA outcome measures might
further elucidate the relationship between PA and LBP in this population.

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