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Abstract
Increased temperature and perspiration within a prosthetic socket is a common complaint of many amputees. The heat dissipation in prosthetic sockets is greatly influenced by the thermal conductive properties of the socket and interface liner materials. These materials influence the body’s temperature regulation mechanism and might be the reason for thermal discomfort in prosthetic sockets. Monitoring interface temperature at skin level is notoriously complicated. The problem might be considered notorious because embedding wires and sensors in an elastomer eventually results in elastomer failures because of the high strain induced when donning a liner (amputees roll the liners onto their limbs). Another reason is because placing sensors and wires directly against the skin could cause irritation and chaffing over just a short period of time. We describe a route wherein if, the thermal properties of the socket & liner materials are known, the in-socket residual limb temperature could be accurately predicted - by monitoring the temperature between socket and liner rather than skin and liner using the Gaussian Processes technique.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 158-165 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 7 Nov 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Gaussian process for machine learning
- lower limb prosthetics
- modeling
- skin temperature
- in - socket residual limb temperature
- lower limb amputees
- skin health
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Temperature Profile of the Residual Limb
Mathur, N. (Creator), Glesk, I. (Supervisor) & Buis, A. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 11 May 2016
DOI: 10.15129/ef29efe5-5d37-4928-897e-3fc0a232e654
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Buis, A. (Host)
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