Prosthetic sockets stabilized by alternating areas of tissue compression and release

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 679-696

  Alley, Randall D ^a   Williams, T Walley ^b   Albuquerque, Matthew J ^c   Altobelli, David E ^d  

^a Biodesigns Inc   (United States)

^b Liberating Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c Next Step Orthotics and Prosthetics Inc   (United States)

^d DEKA Research and Development Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Frame socket; Load transmission; Pros thetic interface; Prosthetic socket; Tissue compression; Tissue release; Transfemoral socket; Transhumeral socket; Transradial socket

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; FRAME SOCKET; LOAD TRANSMISSION; PROS-THETIC INTERFACE; PROSTHETIC SOCKET; TISSUE COMPRESSION; TRANSFEMORAL SOCKET; TRANSHUMERAL SOCKET; TRANSRADIAL SOCKET;

BONE; CARBON FIBERS; STRUTS; TISSUE;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

ARM AMPUTATION; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION RELEASE STABILIZED SOCKET; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMERUS; LEG AMPUTATION; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RADIUS; SKIN; ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROL SYSTEM; GAIT; JOINT MOBILITY; NOTE; PROSTHETIC SOCKET; TISSUE COMPRESSION; TISSUE RELEASE;

AMPUTATION; ARM; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; HUMANS; LEG; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING;

EID: 79960767924     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2009.12.0197     Document Type: Article

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