Effects of Temperature Control Liner Materials on Long-Term Outcomes of Prosthesis Use

Abstract

The goal of this project is to investigate the clinical effectiveness of temperature controlled prosthesis liners over the long-term. To that end, outcome data are being collected at two sites over a total period of 12 months, including two 6-month intervention periods with comparable climate conditions (i.e., equal amounts of cold and warm weather). In accordance with this project plan, no results are yet available. Preparations for the data collection, including ethics review and approval of the protocol, and participant recruitment have taken up the first months of the project period. The death of one site-PI in February of this year lead to unexpected delays in these efforts, as replacements needed to be identified and trained. Consequently, while the recruitment goals (25 enrollees per site) are being approached at the main site, recruiting has not yet started at the secondary site.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1096044

Entities

People

  • Goeran Fiedler

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Biomedical Research
  • Data Analysis
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Intervention
  • Materials
  • Orthotics
  • Personnel Management
  • Phase Change Materials
  • Prostheses And Implants
  • Prosthetics
  • Recruiting
  • Residual Limbs
  • Students
  • Temperature Control
  • Training

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