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

估计有50%的经胫骨截肢患者不经常使用假体，主要是由于关节窝问题（Roffman, 2014）。在过去的50年里，插座设计和技术的发展减少了插座不适和插座适合导致组织健康问题的问题。其中一种方法是可调节插座。拟议的项目将旨在评估当前可调插座设计的方法，使用新颖的简化“黑盒”/插座残留物接口的集总参数模型。这样的模型应该能够对备选插座设计进行比较研究，以回答两个问题：哪些设计是最好的/最差的，以及为什么它们是最好的/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?