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Interface Pressure Profile Analysis For Patellar Tendon-Bearing Socket And Hydrostatic Socket, Noor Azuan
Interface Pressure Profile Analysis For Patellar Tendon-Bearing Socket And Hydrostatic Socket, Noor Azuan
Noor Azuan
Conventionally, patellar tendon-bearing (PTB) sockets, which need high dexterity of prosthetist, are widely used. Lack of chartered and experienced prosthetist has often led to painful experience of wearing prosthesis and this will in turn deter the patients to wear the prosthesis, which will further aggravate stump shrinkage. Thus, the hydrostatic socket which demands relatively lower level of fabricating skill is proposed to replace the PTB socket in order to produce the equivalent, if not better, quality of support to the amputee patients. Both sockets' pressure profiles are studied and compared using finite element analysis (FEA) software. Three-dimensional models of both …