Comments on "assessment of amputee socket-stump-residual bone kinematics during strenuous activities using Dynamic Roentgen stereogrammetric analysis"

Eshraghi, A. and Gholizadeh, H. and Abu Osman, Noor Azuan (2011) Comments on "assessment of amputee socket-stump-residual bone kinematics during strenuous activities using Dynamic Roentgen stereogrammetric analysis". Journal of Biomechanics, 44 (16). pp. 2851-2852. ISSN 0021-9290, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.05.042.

[img] PDF
Comments_on_Assessment_of_amputee_socket-stump-residual_bone_kinematics_during_strenuous_activities_using_Dynamic_Roentgen_Stereogrammetric_Analysis.pdf - Published Version
Restricted to Registered users only

Download (706kB) | Request a copy
Official URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21784425

Abstract

The design, construction, and fitting of artificial limbs remain to this day an art, dependent on the accumulated expertise of the practitioner/prosthetist. Socket fitting is cost ineffective, time consuming, and a source of inconvenience for the amputee. Stumpskin slippage within the socket can cause discomfort, internal limb pain, and eventually skin ulcers as a result of excessive pressure and shear within the socket. This study presents a new method of assessment of three-dimensional (3D) socketstump kinematics/slippage of strenuous activities using Biplane Dynamic Roentgen Stereogrammetric Analysis instrumentation. Ten below knee amputees participated in the study. A more holistic representation of the downward slippage trend of all proximal side skin markers with respect to the socket, and an even more characteristic and of higher magnitude downward-and anterioposterior slippage (maximum slippage: 151 mm for the fast-stop task and 19 mm for the step-down task) between the distal markers after impact, was possible for both tasks for all amputees. Displacement between skin-to-skin marker pairs reached maximum values of approximately 10 mm for the step-down trials and up to 24 mm for the fast stop trials. Maximum skin strain was dependent on the position of the skin markers. Distally positioned skin marker pairs demonstrated mainly anterioposterior displacement between each other (maximum relative strain: 13 to 14). Maximum relative strain for the proximal markers was 8 to 10. This highly accurate, in-vivo, patient-specific, unobtrusive dynamic information, presented using 3D visualization tools that were up to now unavailable to the clinician-prosthetist, can significantly impact the iterative cycle of socket fitting and evaluation.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Additional Information: Eshraghi, A Gholizadeh, H Abu Osman, N A eng Comment Letter 2011/07/26 06:00 J Biomech. 2011 Nov 10;44(16):2851-2. Epub 2011 Jul 23.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Amputee, Socket�stump kinematics, Dynamic radiography.
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Mr Jenal S
Date Deposited: 14 Jan 2013 03:45
Last Modified: 27 Sep 2019 09:07
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/4417

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item