Developments in the transtibial prosthetic socket fitting process: A review of past and present research

@article{Sewell2000DevelopmentsIT,
  title={Developments in the transtibial prosthetic socket fitting process: A review of past and present research},
  author={Philip Sewell and Siamak Noroozi and John Vinney and S. Andrews},
  journal={Prosthetics and Orthotics International},
  year={2000},
  volume={24},
  pages={107 - 97},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:20147798}
}
Whether research and prosthetic education/training to date has significantly improved the understanding of what makes a good socket is questioned and it is suggested that a new approach is needed which can overcome some of the inherent problems of designing and manufacturing a comfortable high quality socket.
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