ArticleProsthetics and orthotics international2019
Effects of activity intensity, time, and intermittent doffing on daily limb fluid volume change in people with transtibial amputation.
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Do Adaptable Sockets Improve Military Performance?
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Methods to assess lower limb prosthetic adaptation: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Monitoring the Residual Limb-Socket Interface: A Perspective on Clinical Needs and Challenges.Biomedical materials & devices (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Pressure Between Residual Limb and Transtibial Prosthesis Socket Considering Muscle Contraction: A Finite Element Study.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Frequent versus infrequent partial doffing in transtibial prosthesis users as a means to stabilize residual limb fluid volume.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2025Article
- A biofidelic mock residual limb for prosthetic socket testing.Canadian prosthetics & orthotics journal · 2025Article
- The Overlay, a New Solution for Volume Variations in the Residual Limb for Individuals with a Transtibial Amputation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- An adaptive prosthetic socket for people with transtibial amputation.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A high precision laser scanning system for measuring shape and volume of transtibial amputee residual limbs: Design and validation.PloS one · 2024Article
- A Pneumatically Controlled Prosthetic Socket for Transfemoral Amputees.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Distal weight bearing in transtibial prosthesis users wearing pin suspension.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
- A novel portable sensor to monitor bodily positions and activities in transtibial prosthesis users.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2022Article
- Volume Fluctuations in Active and Nonactive Transtibial Prosthetics Users.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- A Prosthetic Socket with Active Volume Compensation for Amputated Lower Limb.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of elevated vacuum and suction prosthetic suspension systems in managing daily residual limb fluid volume change in people with transtibial amputation.Prosthetics and orthotics international · 2020Article
- Adjustable sockets may improve residual limb fluid volume retention in transtibial prosthesis users.Prosthetics and orthotics international · 2019Article
- A portable bioimpedance instrument for monitoring residual limb fluid volume in people with transtibial limb loss: A technical note.Medical engineering & physics · 2019Article
- Beyond step counts: Including wear time in prosthesis use assessment for lower-limb amputation.Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineeringArticle
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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
background: The volume of a prosthesis user's residual limb changes during the day and may affect the fit of the prosthesis. These changes must be managed by the user to prevent discomfort, skin breakdown, and falls.
objectives: The objectives were to test how activity, time of day, and intermittent doffing affected residual limb fluid volume in people with transtibial amputation. STUDY
design: Standardized, repeated measure (A-B-A) out-of-laboratory protocol.
methods: Participants with transtibial amputation completed three 6-h test sessions. Two sessions served as controls (A protocol) during which participants left their prosthesis donned, and one session was an intervention (B protocol) where participants doffed their prosthesis twice for 20 min during the 6 h of testing. Within-socket fluid volume was measured using a custom portable bioimpedance analysis system.
results: A total of 13 participants completed the study. The rate of limb fluid volume loss was higher early in the session compared with late in the session. Participants experienced less fluid volume loss during high activity than low activity. Socket users with pin suspension experienced less posterior fluid volume loss when they intermittently doffed their prosthesis. Intermittent doffing did not benefit limb fluid volume of mechanical vacuum and suction suspension users.
conclusion: High activity may reduce fluid volume loss compared with low activity. Intermittent doffing may provide volume accommodation for transtibial prosthesis users with pin suspension. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Prosthetists should query their patients about the intensity of activity they conduct when advising them on limb volume management. Patients using sockets with pin suspension may be able to offset limb fluid volume loss by periodically doffing the prosthesis.
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