Facilitated By

San Antonio Medical Foundation

Prosthetic Socket Mounted Sensors To Recognize Military Relevant Tasks

Brooke Army Medical Center

Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is proud to provide safe, quality care to our military service members, their families, veterans and civilian emergency patients as the most robust and productive healthcare organization within the Military Health System (MHS).

Collaborating Institutions
University of Washington
Research Start Date
Status
Active

The objective of this study is to define the amount and pattern of movement between the residual limb and the prosthetic socket during military relevant tasks and to leverage the information on limb/socket motion to develop algorithms lo identify these tasks for a controller used to adjust volume in an adaptable prosthetic socket.

Collaborative Project
Clinical Care
Musculoskeletal
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