Published on in Vol 12 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/69962, first published .
Evidence-Generated Sockets for Transtibial Prosthetic Limbs Compared With Conventional Computer-Aided Designs: A Multiple-Methods Study From the Patient’s Perspective

Evidence-Generated Sockets for Transtibial Prosthetic Limbs Compared With Conventional Computer-Aided Designs: A Multiple-Methods Study From the Patient’s Perspective

Evidence-Generated Sockets for Transtibial Prosthetic Limbs Compared With Conventional Computer-Aided Designs: A Multiple-Methods Study From the Patient’s Perspective

Florence Mbithi   1 , PhD ;   Maggie Donovan-Hall   1 , PhD ;   Jennifer Bramley   2 , PhD ;   Joshua Steer   2 , PhD ;   Charalambos Rossides   2 , PhD ;   Peter Worsley   1 , PhD ;   Chantel Ostler   3 , PhD ;   Cheryl Metcalf   1 , PhD ;   Dominic Hannett   4 , BSc (Hons) ;   Caroline Ward   4 , BSc (Hons) ;   Jack Kitchen   4 , BSc (Hons) ;   Sioned Steventon   4, 5 , BSc (Hons) ;   Katy McIntosh   4 , BSc (Hons) ;   Shigong Guo   6 , LLM, MSc(Orth Eng), MRCS ;   Helen Harvey   6 , MSc, BSc(Hons), HCPC ;   David Henderson Slater   4, 7, 8 , MA, MRCGP, MRCPsych, MRCP, MPH ;   Vijay Kolli   5 , MBBS, MS (T&O), MRCS, FEPRM ;   Alex Dickinson   1 , PhD

1 Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

2 Radii Devices Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom

3 Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

4 Opcare Ltd, Abingdon, United Kingdom

5 St George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

6 North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom

7 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom

8 Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Alex Dickinson, PhD
  • Mechanical Engineering Department
  • University of Southampton
  • Mailpoint M7, University Road, Highfield
  • Southampton SO17 1BJ
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 2380595394
  • Email: alex.dickinson@soton.ac.uk