Volume Management: Smart Variable Geometry Socket (SVGS) Technology for Lower-Limb Prostheses

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 107-112

  Greenwald, Richard M ^a,b   Dean, Robert C ^a,b,c   Wayne, J ^a  

^a SIMBEX   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Synergy Innovations Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower limb prosthesis; Socket fit; Socket retention; Volume management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0042632645     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008526-200307000-00011     Document Type: Article

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