Amputee socks: Thickness of multiple socks

作者：Cagle John C; Yu Alan J; Ciol Marcia A; Sanders Joan E^*

来源：Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 2014, 38(5): 405-412.

DOI：10.1177/0309364613506915

• Prosthetic socks
• volume accommodation
• limb management
• prosthetic fit
• residual limb

Background and aim: It is unclear how total sock ply and thickness are related when more than one sock is worn. The objectives were to determine whether the thickness of one multi-ply amputee sock of ply P was the same as the thickness of a stack of reduced-ply socks of total ply P, and whether the thickness of N single socks stacked one on top of the other was equal to the sum (1 to N) of the single sock thicknesses.
Technique: Using a custom instrument, compressive stresses were applied while sock thickness was measured.
Discussion: The thickness of one multi-ply sock of ply P was typically less than the thickness of a stack of reduced-ply socks of total ply P. The thickness of N single socks stacked one on top of the other was approximately equal to the sum (1 to N) of the single sock thicknesses.

• 出版日期2014-10