AIMS: Evaluate satisfaction and adjustment to the prosthesis of individuals with lower limb amputation.METHODS: Participants were 24 patients with lower limb amputation with 46,1±17,5 years and using the prosthesis for 10,8±8,7 years. A card was used to characterize the individuals and the Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ) to evaluate satisfaction and adjustment to the prosthesis. Data were collected from institutions that serving amputees in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics at a 5% significance level.RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the results of the PEQ between individuals when compared to the level of amputation and time using the prosthesis. Regarding the scores between groups with vascular and traumatic amputation, was a significant difference in residual limb health subscale, with higher scores and consequently better health of the residual limb in amputees with vascular causes, besides better higher scores on the scale of satisfaction in these individuals.CONCLUSIONS: It was concluded that patients with a vascular cause of amputation are more satisfied with their prosthesis, with the way they walk and how things are from amputation and also have better health of the residual limb in relation to individuals with traumatic amputation. However, the level and time of amputation do not seem to influence the satisfaction and adjustment of the prosthesis.

| Was compared the performance in simple and dual task in institutionalized older adults who perform and do not perform Physical Therapy. The study involved 60 institutionalized older adults, 30 that performed Physical Therapy (PTG) and 30 that did not perform (NPTG). To assess the performance in simple and dual tasks activities, all participants performed the subsequent activities: one-foot stance test, walking in a corridor for 30 seconds, stepping up and down for 30 seconds, stand up and sit down on a chair for 30 seconds (simple task).After that, the older adults performed the same activities while holding a plastic cup with water (motor dual task), speaking the days of the week in opposite way (cognitive dual task), and holding a plastic cup with water while speaking the days of the week in opposite way (motor and cognitive dual task). The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with significance value p≤0,05. We observed differences between the walking tests and in the get up and sit down tests and, the greater the complexity of the task, the lower was the performance of the participants. In the stepping up and down activity, there was difference between groups where the PTG had a better performance compared with the NPTG group. We observed no differences between groups in the one-foot stance test. The dual task led to a reduction in functional performance in both groups: 1 4 9 the institutionalized older adults that performed Physical Therapy and that did not perform.

Objetivo: Comparar o equilíbrio, mobilidade funcional e nível de atividade física de idosos institucionalizados que realizam e não realizam fisioterapia. Métodos: Participaram 60 idosos institucionalizados, 30 que realizavam fisioterapia (GF) e 30 que não realizavam (GNF). Os instrumentos utilizados foram: Escala de Equilíbrio de Berg (EEB), Testes de Tinetti, Timed Up and Go (TUG) e de Alcance Funcional Anterior (TAF), e Questionário Internacional de Atividade Física (IPAQ). Resultados: Foi observada diferença no TUG (p=0,01), sendo que o GF levou mais tempo para realizar o teste (19,5±6,1 segundos) que o GNF (16,4±7,3 segundos). Também foi observada diferença no TAF (p=0,003), com melhor desempenho durante o teste no GNF (27,6±6,2cm) que no GF (22,4±5,1cm). Quanto ao NAF, 43,4% dos idosos do GF eram inativos e 43,3% do GNF ativos (p=0,015). Conclusões: Os idosos que realizavam fisioterapia apresentaram menor mobilidade funcional, menor alcance funcional anterior e menores níveis de atividade física.

AIMS: To evaluate the posture of subjects with lower limb amputee.METHODS: Ten subjects participated in the study, males, with 38,2 ± 8,2 years, with unilateral lower limb amputation and prosthesis users. For the postural evaluation, the Postural Evaluation Software (SAPO) was used, and the images were evaluated according to the software protocol. Data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics (independent t test), with a significance level of p ≤ 0,05.RESULTS: The main alterations observed were: rearfoot valgus enlargement, flexed ankle, head tilted to the right and trunk in flexion. When compared the posture according to time of amputation, was observed a statistically significant difference in the horizontal asymmetry of scapula in relation to T3 (p = 0,004), being that subjects with amputation time of up to six years presented the left scapula higher than the right one (-5,28 ± 8,16°) and those with more than six years of amputation had the right upper right scapula (19,42 ± 11°). In the comparison between amputation levels, there was a statistically significant difference in the ankle angle (p = 0,008), with subjects with amputation below the knee presenting greater ankle flexion (81,97 ± 1,72°) than those with amputation at the level of the knee and above this (87,30 ± 2,65°).CONCLUSIONS: The findings of the present study demonstrate that all the evaluated subjects presented some postural alteration, however, it cannot be affirmed that the postural asymmetry of these is due to the amputation.

Este estudo analisou a eficácia de um programa de 12 semanas de exercícios em circuito no equilíbrio e na mobilidade funcional de idosos institucionalizados, sendo este aplicado três vezes por semana, com duração de 15 a 20 minutos por sessão e embora não tenham ocorrido melhoras significativas, acredita-se que o circuito foi efetivo para manutenção do equilíbrio e da mobilidade funcional dos idosos participantes do estudo auxiliando na prevenção das perdas progressivas decorrentes do processo de envelhecimento.