Analysis of factor and evaluation item which have an influence to prosthesis alignment

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16344
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Medical engineering assessment
• Research Institution: Niigata University of Health and Welfare
• Principal Investigator: suda hironori 新潟医療福祉大学, 医療技術学部, 講師 (20567200)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 義足 / アライメント / 荷重位置

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study suggested a new assessment system about the adjustment to alignment of the prosthesis. In clinical adjustment of the alignment, patient’s sensory assessment of the loading position in sole is usually used as well as the evaluation of orthotist and prosthetist. We developed an assessment sheet that patients can easily make a record of the loading position. This study is about how the change of inset and outset alignment of the prosthesis affects the record in the assessment sheet and biomechanical parameters. As a result that an appropriate alignment of the prosthesis tended to make records on subjective loading position in sole closed to the line segment connecting the heal and toe, while an inset or outset alignment tended to make it deviate significantly from the line segment in the lateral or medial direction. It is suggest that the assessment sheet of the loading position in sole could be effective for evaluating inset and outset alignment of the prosthesis.

Free Research Field

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