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This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Komolafe O, Wood S, Caldwell R, Hansen A, Fatone S. Methods for characterization of mechanical and electrical prosthetic vacuum pumps. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(8):1069–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2012.11.0204 Slideshow Project DOI:10.1682/JRRD.2012.11.0204JSP Methods for characterization of mechanical and electrical prosthetic vacuum pumps Oluseeni Komolafe, PhD; Sean Wood, MS; Ryan Caldwell, CP; Andrew Hansen, PhD; Stefania Fatone, PhD, BPO(Hons)
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This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Komolafe O, Wood S, Caldwell R, Hansen A, Fatone S. Methods for characterization of mechanical and electrical prosthetic vacuum pumps. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(8):1069–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2012.11.0204 Slideshow Project DOI:10.1682/JRRD.2012.11.0204JSP Aim – Identify important pump-performance metrics and develop techniques to characterize evacuation performance of prosthetic vacuum pumps. Relevance – Despite increasingly widespread adoption of vacuum- assisted suspension systems in prosthetic clinical practices, gaps exist in the scientific knowledge guiding clinicians’ choices of existing products.
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This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Komolafe O, Wood S, Caldwell R, Hansen A, Fatone S. Methods for characterization of mechanical and electrical prosthetic vacuum pumps. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(8):1069–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2012.11.0204 Slideshow Project DOI:10.1682/JRRD.2012.11.0204JSP Method Sensitivity of proposed techniques were assessed by characterizing evacuation performance of prosthetic pumps in bench-top testing : – 2 electrical (Harmony e-Pulse and LimbLogic VS). – 3 mechanical (Harmony P2, Harmony HD, and Harmony P3). 5 fixed volume chambers (33 to 197 cm 3 ) were used to represent different air volume spaces between prosthetic socket and liner-clad residual limb. All measurements were obtained at 57.6 kPa vacuum gauge pressure.
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This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Komolafe O, Wood S, Caldwell R, Hansen A, Fatone S. Methods for characterization of mechanical and electrical prosthetic vacuum pumps. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(8):1069–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2012.11.0204 Slideshow Project DOI:10.1682/JRRD.2012.11.0204JSP Results Proposed techniques demonstrated sensitivity to: – Different electrical and mechanical pumps. – To a lesser degree, different setting adjustments. Sensitivity was less pronounced for mechanical pumps. – Future improvements for testing of mechanical vacuum pumps were proposed.
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This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Komolafe O, Wood S, Caldwell R, Hansen A, Fatone S. Methods for characterization of mechanical and electrical prosthetic vacuum pumps. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(8):1069–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2012.11.0204 Slideshow Project DOI:10.1682/JRRD.2012.11.0204JSP Conclusion Study demonstrates techniques feasible as standards for assessing evacuation performance of prosthetic vacuum pump devices.
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