Joan E Sanders, Andrew C Vamos, Joseph C Mertens, Katheryn J Allyn, Brian G Larsen, Daniel Ballesteros, Horace Wang, Nicholas S DeGrasse, Joseph L Garbini, Brian J Hafner, Janna L Friedly
It is essential that people with limb amputation maintain proper prosthetic socket fit to prevent injury. Monitoring and adjusting socket fit, for example by removing the prosthesis to add prosthetic socks, is burdensome and can adversely affect users' function and quality-of-life. This study presents results from take-home testing of a motor-driven adaptive socket that automatically adjusted socket size during walking. A socket fit metric was calculated from inductive sensor measurements of the distance between the elastomeric liner surrounding the residual limb and the socket's inner surface...
May 15, 2024: Scientific Reports