Assessment of Socket Shapes Made by Central Fabrication Facilities

Completed

Conditions studied: People With Lower Limb Amputation That Are Ambulatory

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01245504

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

24

Starts

2008-11-01

Expected to finish

2011-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-04-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• trans-tibial amputees who use a prosthesis and are ambulatory

You may not qualify if…

• do not have a prosthesis, cannot ambulate

Where it is running

• University of Washington, Bioengineering Department — Seattle, Washington, United States

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