Background: Prosthesis users are more frequently subjects to fall and fall-related injury than the average citizen. To prevent this, further research is needed in the field of balance in lower-extremity prosthesis users. Objective: To summarise the current research field of balance and postural control assessment in lower-extremity prosthesis users. Method: A systematic search was conducted in 11 databases, followed by a selection process to include relevant articles. The articles, together with extracted data, was presented in a table. Also, descriptive statistics were presented. Results: The summary included (n=173) articles assessing balance or postural control. The descriptive statistics suggested the current field of research was biased towards males. Several studies did not discriminate between transfemoral and knee disarticulation amputation levels. A large number of studies did not present if the chosen methods were valid and reliable for the target group. Among study limitations, small sample size was common. Conclusion: Future research should involve more participants, especially women, to reach higher statistical power, and to better represent real gender distribution in the target group. It is also important to choose, and present, methods validated for the target group. Finally, future researchers should follow a ”golden standard” in the classification of amputation levels.