Assessment of Socket Shapes Made by Central Fabrication Facilities
- Conditions
- People With Lower Limb Amputation That Are Ambulatory
- Interventions
- Other: Assessed for socket fit
- Registration Number
- NCT01245504
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Washington
- Brief Summary
Quality and accuracy of prosthetic sockets manufactured by central fabrication facilities may be lacking. Poor quality manufacturing can be detrimental to socket fit in amputees and may require more work by prosthetists to redesign the socket. The aim of this research is to assess the accuracy of prosthetic sockets manufactured by commercial companies. Determination of how and where manufacturing errors occur will contribute to better quality of socket fit for the amputee patient and improve the efficiency of prosthetists who fit the manufactured products to their patients.
Computer manufactured sockets are made for subjects, then their fits assessed by research practitioners.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 24
- trans-tibial amputees who use a prosthesis and are ambulatory
- do not have a prosthesis, cannot ambulate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Lower-limb amputee Assessed for socket fit Subjects with at least one lower limb amputated at teh trans-tibial level
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Limb volume 1 day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Limb shape 1 day
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Washington, Bioengineering Department
🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States