Review Article

Review of the Socket Design and Interface Pressure Measurement for Transtibial Prosthesis

Table 1

Characteristics of subjects in the studied literature.

Study ()Age (year)Cause of amputation (%)Residual limb length (cm)

Sanders et al. (1992) [34]23–46Trauma13.7 (±2.0)
Sanders et al. (1993) [33]23–46Trauma11–15
Zhang et al. (1996) [36]UnknownUnknownUnknown
Zhang et al. (1998) [45]43–75UnknownUnknown
Sanders et al. (2000) [51]29–81Trauma9–14.5
Goh et al. (2003) [52]31–62Trauma-vascular disease11–15
Lin et al. (2004) [37]UnknownTraumaUnknown
Jia et al. (2004) [16]56UnknownUnknown
Lee et al. (2004) [53] UnknownUnknownUnknown
Sanders et al. (2005) [54]28–61Trauma10.4–20.5
Lee and Zhang (2007) [42]55TraumaUnknown
Portnoy et al. (2008) [44]29Trauma12.76
Wolf et al. (2009) [55]43–59Tumor-traumaUnknown
Abu Osman et al. (2010) [56]34–77Trauma-vascular disease12–17.7
Dumbleton et al. (2009) [57]25–69Trauma-vascular disease10.5–17.5
Boutwell et al. (2012) [58]43–67Trauma-vascular diseaseUnknown
Kobayashi et al. (2012) [13]18–60Trauma-vascular disease13–15
Kobayashi et al. (2013) [14]18–61Trauma-vascular disease13–15
Boone et al. (2013) [11]18–61Trauma-vascular disease13–16