Comfort level discussion for prosthetic sockets with different fabricating processing conditions

• Published in: Biomedical engineering online Vol. 17; no. S2; pp. 145 - 17
• Main Authors: Hsu, Cheung-Hwa, Ou, Chao-Hui, Hong, Wei-Lun, Gao, Yu-Han
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 06.11.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Amputation; Amputation Stumps; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomedical engineering; Body measurements; CAD; CAE; Computer aided design; Computer aided engineering; Data processing; Design; Design and construction; Design engineering; Digitization; Discomfort; Fabrication; Female; Gait; Gait Analysis; Gait recognition; Humans; Interface pressures; Interfacial stresses; Kinematics; Male; Manufacturing; Methods; Pain; Pain - etiology; Pain - prevention & control; Parameter modification; Patient Comfort; Patient satisfaction; Pressure; Prostheses; Prostheses and implants; Prosthesis Design - instrumentation; Prosthesis Design - methods; Prosthetic socket; Rapid prototyping; Reverse engineering; Sockets; Software; Stress; Stress, Mechanical; Studies; Therapeutic applications; Tibia; Tomography; Taiwan; Prosthetic socket; Rapid prototyping; Interface pressures; Gait analysis
• ISSN: 1475-925X; 1475-925X
• DOI: 10.1186/s12938-018-0577-2

In the past, manufacture of prosthetic socket by using traditional handmade method not only consumed research time but also required a special assembly approach. Recently, reverse engineering and rapid prototype technology have grown up explosively, and thus, provide a choice to fabricate prosthetic...