Understanding and evaluating the functional performance of lower limb adjustable prosthetic sockets

据估计，50%的经胫骨截肢患者不经常使用假体，主要原因是接受腔问题（Roffman，2014）。在过去的50年中，插座设计和技术已经发展，以减少插座不适和导致组织健康问题的插座配合问题。一种这样的方法是可调节插座。拟议的项目将旨在评估目前的方法，可调插座设计使用一种新的简化的“黑盒”/集总参数模型的插座剩余接口。这些模型应该使替代插座设计的比较研究，以回答两个问题：哪些设计是最好的/最差的，以及为什么他们是最好的/最差的？

An estimated 50% of people with transtibial amputations do not regularly use their prosthesis, primarily due to socket problems (Roffman, 2014). Socket design and technology has developed over the past 50 years to reduce socket discomfort and problems with socket fit that lead to tissue health problems. One such approach is adjustable sockets. The proposed project will aim to evaluate current approaches to adjustable socket designs using a novel simplified "blackbox"/ lumped-parameter model of the socket residuum interface. Such models should enable comparative studies of alternative socket designs to answer two questions: which designs are best/worst and also why are they best/worst?