Association of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender to Disparities in Functional Recovery and Social Health After Major Lower Limb Amputation: A Cross-sectional Pilot Study

To assess if evidence of disparities exists in functional recovery and social health post-lower limb amputation.Race-ethnicity, gender, and income-based group comparisons of functioning and social health in a convenience sample of lower limb prosthetic users.Prosthetic clinics in 4 states.A geographically diverse cohort of 56 English and Spanish speaking community-dwelling individuals with dysvascular lower limb amputation, between 18-80 years old.None.Primary outcomes included 2 physical performance measures, the Timed Up and Go test and 2-minute walk test, and thirdly, the Prosthetic Limb Users Survey of Mobility. The PROMIS Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities survey measured social health.Of the study participants, 45% identified as persons of color, and 39% were women (mean ± SD age, 61.6 (9.8) years). People identifying as non-Hispanic White men exhibited better physical performance than men of color, White women, and women of color by -7.86 (95% CI, -16.26 to 0.53, P=.07), -10.34 (95% CI, -19.23 to -1.45, P=.02), and -11.63 (95% CI, -21.61 to -1.66, P=.02) seconds, respectively, on the TUG, and by 22.6 (95% CI, -2.31 to 47.50, P=.09), 38.92 (95% CI, 12.53 to 65.30, P