Optimal Load Bearing Characteristics of the Patellar Tendon in Below-Knee Amputees
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The purpose of the study is to monitor forces which are transmitted by          a prosthesis for below-knee amputations to the stump of the amputee,            through the patellar tendon (PT); to evaluate undesirable freedom               between the socket and the stump; to alter the share of the PT in the           weight-bearing process by augmenting the portion of the socket which            supports it; to determine the limits of force that can be applied to            it; and to suggest modifications to the Patellar-Tendon-Bearing socket          which will produce optimal force distribution, taking into account              universal considerations and individual variables.  A special biaxial           force transducer will be developed to measure two force components              acting on the PT during locomotion.  Linear displacement gauges will            monitor axial and perpendicular freedom of the stump-socket.  Fifteen           amputees will be selected to participate in laboratorial testing.  Each         amputee will be fitted with an experimental prosthesis and will take            part in three experimental sessions.  During the tests, systematic              changes to the socket will be administered and the influence of the             recorded variables (during locomotion) will be observed.
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