Researcher's name
Shloak Mehta
University
Imperial College London
Supervisor's name
Professor Alison McGregor and Professor Dario Farina
Project title
Investigating Socket Sensation & Proprioception in Lower Limb Amputees
Outline of project
Would you like to help us develop advanced prosthetics that can provide sensation? Tell us about your experience with your prosthesis!
We are research engineers from Imperial College London and want to understand:
• how amputees sense their prosthetic leg(s) and the ground through their sockets
• how this affects your everyday experiences
We are looking for volunteers over the age of 18, who have lower limb amputations and use a prosthetic foot, ankle or knee to take our anonymous online questionnaire (15-30 mins to complete).
This will help us develop new prosthetics that communicate with users and provide better sensation quality.
At the end of the survey, you can register your interest to get involved with our future activities such as testing our prosthetic-sensation prototypes and providing your opinions and experiences (e.g. during focus groups).
This study has received approval from the Imperial College Research Ethics board.
If you want to know more, please do not hesitate to contact Shloak Mehta by email at smm315@ic.ac.uk
For the Participant Information Sheet and to access the survey go to: https://bit.ly/socketsense
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Contact number
Deadline for participants to apply
31/05/2022 00:00:00
Proof of ethical approval
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