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Case Reports
. 2023 Jan 14:2023:7081000.
doi: 10.1155/2023/7081000. eCollection 2023.

The Immediate Effect of Exercising in a Virtual Reality Treadmill (C-Mill) on Skin Temperature of a Man with Lower Limb Amputation

Fábio Marcon Alfieri  1   2 , Caren da Silva Dias  1 , Daniela Mitiyo Odagiri Utiyama  1 , Denise Vianna Machado Ayres  1 , Linamara Rizzo Battistella  3
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The Immediate Effect of Exercising in a Virtual Reality Treadmill (C-Mill) on Skin Temperature of a Man with Lower Limb Amputation

Fábio Marcon Alfieri et al. Case Rep Vasc Med. .

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Abstract

Background: In amputees, exercising can impact the distribution of body temperature. The aim of this case report is to verify the acute effect of exercising in C-Mill on the temperature distribution in the lower limbs of a man with unilateral transfemoral amputation.

Materials and methods: The thigh and legs of a man with left distal transfemoral amputation were evaluated by thermography (infrared sensor FLIR T650sc) before and after a single 30-minute exercise session performed in a virtual reality treadmill device (C-Mill).

Results: The thermographic evaluation showed a difference in temperature between the thighs both before and after the intervention. However, there was a decrease in asymmetry, which went from 4.0°C to 3.1°C in the anterior view and from 5.3°C to 2.9°C in the posterior view, after the intervention.

Conclusion: Thermography allowed us to assess the difference in temperature in the lower limbs. Even though the temperature discrepancy has decreased after the single exercise session using the C-Mill, this difference persisted.

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Figure 1
Exercise stages: stand, step, and walk.
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Anterior view of the patient before (a) and after (b) exercise.
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Posterior view of the patient before (a) and after (b) exercise.
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