Howdy all,
Well I had my first appointment with the CLIMB center today for the next two studies I am going to be participating in. It was a good day other than the SHITTY traffic coming back over I-90 with all the weekend Friday traffic.
https://www.amputation.research.va.gov/
So the first study I am going to be doing is one that is very interesting to me and I hope to gather some information and ideas from it.
This study is trying out some different types of liners that will help me not sweat. When wearing your prosthetic in hot weather you can end up sweating a LOT depending on what you are doing. I've had to take my liner off 3-4 times in a day and had to dump the sweat out of my liner. I would get about a tea spoon worth of sweat each time. The bad parts of this is that due to this you can develop a rash or other skin irritations that can not allow you to wear a liner & your prosthetic.
So they are working on different ways to cool the liner. I'm going to be testing out 3 different systems they are working with and will be bringing them home to trial for 2 weeks at a time. So I am really excited about this.
The second study I am involved with will have me carrying weight while wearing different currently available feet to see how this affects my ability to walk in a normal fashion. They will be putting 30 lbs on me in 4 positions. Front/Back/Left/Right and have sensors and monitors on my body as I walk to see how using each different foot affects how I am able to walk.
This gives me a chance to try out different feet that I might not have worn before and allows me to give input to assist future amputees in being fitted with the correct foot. I'll try to get pictures as I am doing this to post up.
Well I had my first appointment with the CLIMB center today for the next two studies I am going to be participating in. It was a good day other than the SHITTY traffic coming back over I-90 with all the weekend Friday traffic.
https://www.amputation.research.va.gov/
So the first study I am going to be doing is one that is very interesting to me and I hope to gather some information and ideas from it.
This study is trying out some different types of liners that will help me not sweat. When wearing your prosthetic in hot weather you can end up sweating a LOT depending on what you are doing. I've had to take my liner off 3-4 times in a day and had to dump the sweat out of my liner. I would get about a tea spoon worth of sweat each time. The bad parts of this is that due to this you can develop a rash or other skin irritations that can not allow you to wear a liner & your prosthetic.
So they are working on different ways to cool the liner. I'm going to be testing out 3 different systems they are working with and will be bringing them home to trial for 2 weeks at a time. So I am really excited about this.
The second study I am involved with will have me carrying weight while wearing different currently available feet to see how this affects my ability to walk in a normal fashion. They will be putting 30 lbs on me in 4 positions. Front/Back/Left/Right and have sensors and monitors on my body as I walk to see how using each different foot affects how I am able to walk.
This gives me a chance to try out different feet that I might not have worn before and allows me to give input to assist future amputees in being fitted with the correct foot. I'll try to get pictures as I am doing this to post up.