eprintid: 10049931
rev_number: 27
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datestamp: 2018-06-12 14:58:02
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type: article
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creators_name: Williams, RJ
creators_name: Holloway, C
creators_name: Ogata, T
creators_name: Takashima, A
title: A pilot study towards long-term thermal comfort research for lower-limb prosthesis wearers
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F48
keywords: Prosthetics, skin stress, skin, thermal comfort, hyperhidrosis, lower-limb prosthetics
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: Background: Thermal discomfort among lower-limb prosthesis wearers is prevalent with social and medical consequences. / Objectives: This study aimed to verify the feasibility of out-of-laboratory thermal comfort studies. / Study design: Repeated measures pilot study. / Methods: Thermistors were placed on participants’ residual limbs during two experimental phases. In phase 1, mean limb temperature was calculated over a controlled 55-min rest-exercise-rest protocol. In phase 2, participants conducted activities of their choosing wherever they wanted away from the lab, while limb temperature data were collected. Descriptive statistics and statistical differences between phases are presented. / Results: Five male amputees participated with an average age ±standard deviation of 30 ± 9 years. In phase 1, mean limb temperature change ranged between 1.6°C and 3.7°C. In phase 2, mean limb temperature change ranged between 1.8°C and 5.1°C. Limb temperature was significantly higher in out-of-lab studies (+1.9°C, p = 0.043) compared to in-lab studies. / Conclusion: Independent multiple-hour temperature studies are shown to be feasible. Results also indicate that out-of-lab residual limb temperature can be significantly higher than in-lab temperatures. / Clinical relevance: Thermal discomfort and sweating may lead to skin conditions and reduce quality of life among prosthesis wearers. Out-of-lab, long-term temperature studies are needed to comprehensively characterize thermal discomfort to create preventive solutions.
date: 2019-02
date_type: published
publisher: SAGE Publications
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364618791604
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1560995
doi: 10.1177/0309364618791604
lyricists_name: Holloway, Catherine
lyricists_name: Williams, Rhys
lyricists_id: CSHOL54
lyricists_id: RWILL46
actors_name: Williams, Rhys
actors_id: RWILL46
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Prosthetics and Orthotics International
volume: 43
number: 1
pagerange: 47-54
issn: 0309-3646
citation:        Williams, RJ;    Holloway, C;    Ogata, T;    Takashima, A;      (2019)    A pilot study towards long-term thermal comfort research for lower-limb prosthesis wearers.                   Prosthetics and Orthotics International , 43  (1)   pp. 47-54.    10.1177/0309364618791604 <https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364618791604>.       Green open access   
 
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