Criteria for Advanced Prosthetic Foot Prescription: Rationale, Design, and Protocol for a Multisite, Randomized Controlled Trial

Jason T Maikos   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Brad D Hendershot   ^{2, 3, 4 *} , PhD ;   Alison L Pruziner   ^{2, 3, 5 *} , PT, DPT ;   Michael J Hyre   ^{6 *} , MS ;   John M Chomack   ^{6 *} , MS ;   Samuel L Phillips   ^{7 *} , PhD, CP ;   Jeffrey T Heckman   ^{8, 9, 10 *} , DO ;   Alexis N Sidiropoulos   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Christopher L Dearth   ^{2, 3, 4 *} , PhD ;   Leif M Nelson   ^{1, 3, 5 *} , PT, DPT

¹ Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY, United States

² Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States

³ Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, Falls Church, VA, United States

⁴ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States

⁵ National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, United States

⁶ The Narrows Institute for Biomedical Research and Education, Inc, Brooklyn, NY, United States

⁷ James A Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa, FL, United States

⁸ Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, United States

⁹ Regional Amputation Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, United States

¹⁰ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

*all authors contributed equally