Linberg AA, Roach KE, Campbell SM, Stoneman PD, Gomez-Orozco O, Gailey RS. Comparison of Six-Minute Walk Test performance between non-amputee active duty Soldiers and Service Members with traumatic lower limb loss. (2013). J Rehabil Res Dev (50)7. 931-940.
The opportunity for wounded service members to return to high-level activity and return to duty has improved with advances in surgery, rehabilitation, and prosthetic technology. High-levels of patient function, however, have exceeded available clinical assessment tools. As a solution, an assessment tool called the Comprehensive High-Level Activity Mobility Predictor (CHAMP) was developed through a VA/DoD collaboration. Use of the CHAMP as a functional outcomes assessment tool has been successfully implemented into clinical care at amputee care sites within the DoD and VA.
During FY13 a series of papers was published to establish appropriate normative data, reliability, and validity of the CHAMP. Reference ranges were established for United States service members with and without various levels of limb loss.