Personalized prosthetic choice and rehab planning tool
Official title: The AMPREDICT PROsthetics Decision Support Tool: using evidence to guide personalized prosthetic prescription and rehabilitation planning
Funded at VA Puget Sound Healthcare System · NIH-11220703 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project will create a tool that helps clinicians pick prosthetic parts and rehab plans that match each lower-leg amputee's likely mobility and personal goals.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | VA Puget Sound Healthcare System NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Seattle, United States) |
| Project start | October 1, 2023 |
| Project end | September 30, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| NIH project number | 5I01RX004528-03 |
| Project ID | NIH-11220703 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal candidates are people with recent lower-extremity amputations due to chronic limb-threatening ischemia who are being evaluated for prosthetic fitting and rehabilitation planning.
✕Less likely to help
People without lower-limb amputation, those with only upper-limb amputation, or patients not seeking a prosthesis are unlikely to get direct benefit from this work.
What this research studies
You would benefit from a decision tool that brings together existing evidence to guide prosthetic prescriptions and rehabilitation plans after a lower leg amputation. The team is developing a clinician-facing tool (including mobile app elements) that uses patient information and prior outcomes to predict likely mobility levels and suggest appropriate prosthetic components and rehab pathways. The tool is meant to improve how clinicians set realistic expectations with patients and plan individualized rehabilitation. Initial work focuses on patients whose amputations were caused by chronic limb-threatening ischemia and on testing the tool within VA rehab settings.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could lead to more personalized prostheses and rehab plans that improve mobility and quality of life while giving clearer expectations to patients.
How similar studies have gone: Some prior predictive models for post-amputation mobility exist, but packaging those models into a practical decision-support tool for clinicians is relatively new.
Where this research is happening
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VA Puget Sound Healthcare System
Seattle, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Norvell, Daniel C — VA Puget Sound Healthcare System
- Study coordinator: Norvell, Daniel C
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.