Contralateral Lower Extremity Pain in Pediatric and Young Adult Sports Participants with Lower Extremity Amputation/Transverse Limb Deficiencies

Mary Dubon, Vincent S. Mosca, Maya Gopalan, Rebecca Siegel, Saurav Pandey, Sachin Pathangey, Corey Gill, Colleen Coulter, Jonathan Napolitano, Daryn Strub, Kirsten Tulchin-Francis, Phoebe Scott-Wyard, Jonathan Bean

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

Published online on June 17, 2026

Abstract

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, Volume 14, Issue 6_suppl5, June 2026.
Background:Contralateral lower extremity (LE) pain and osteoarthritis are common in adults with unilateral LE amputation, thought to be secondary to overuse. Contralateral LE pain in pediatric-onset LE amputation or transverse limb deficiency (“LE ...