Open AccessDoes Activity Affect Residual Limb Skin Temperatures?
Author(s) -
Glenn K. Klute,
Elizabeth Huff,
William R. Ledoux
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999-014-3741-4
Subject(s) - medicine , skin temperature , prosthesis , treadmill , lower limb , surgery , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , biomedical engineering
Many lower limb amputees experience thermal discomfort as a result of wearing a prosthesis. The development of new prosthetic technology to address thermal discomfort requires an understanding of how activity (or inactivity) affects residual limb skin temperatures and how skin temperatures are mapped across the skin-prosthesis interface.