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The socket is unique among prosthetic components as it is not usually mass-produced and must instead be custom-made for individual residual limbs by a prosthetist. The knowledge of what constitutes “good” socket fit is gained by expert prosthetists and technicians over years of experience, and rarely documented. The reliance on tacit knowledge makes it difficult to standardize the criteria for a well-fitting socket, leading to difficulties understanding the impact of socket fit. Despite its importance, the workflow for socket fitting is often overlooked in literature. Due to the customized nature of sockets, if information is provided in literature, generally only the type of socket and suspension mechanism is noted, with information regarding the fitting and manufacturing processes omitted. In this article, the concerns, issues and consequences arising from lack of upper and lower limb socket documentation are discussed from a researcher perspective, supported by healthcare professionals and socket fabrication specialists. Key changes are proposed to the way socket manufacturing and evaluation are documented to assist future research 10.3389/fresc.2022.853414 Olsen, Jenny a7048c1b-ea57-44f4-a839-64fef808703a Turner, Shruti a40e35bf-823b-4e64-a9aa-9e1fc7c4139c Chadwell, Alix a194d3e9-a346-49f8-bd07-3614cd3761e4 Dickinson, Alexander 10151972-c1b5-4f7d-bc12-6482b5870cad Ostler, Chantel, Marie c5e34ffb-7763-4fc0-98a4-128d1ed5d967 Armitage, Lucy 1c2ed788-73a2-4dff-9c04-4281e9616e91 McGregor, Alison fccf158f-85b0-4333-98f2-55bec69c5d94 Dupan, Sigrid 69bddf68-7ea4-41d4-acb7-83d940c02f15 Day, Sarah 3af2930a-d2cc-436d-8ff6-a2415815f4ad Olsen, Jenny a7048c1b-ea57-44f4-a839-64fef808703a Turner, Shruti a40e35bf-823b-4e64-a9aa-9e1fc7c4139c Chadwell, Alix a194d3e9-a346-49f8-bd07-3614cd3761e4 Dickinson, Alexander 10151972-c1b5-4f7d-bc12-6482b5870cad Ostler, Chantel, Marie c5e34ffb-7763-4fc0-98a4-128d1ed5d967 Armitage, Lucy 1c2ed788-73a2-4dff-9c04-4281e9616e91 McGregor, Alison fccf158f-85b0-4333-98f2-55bec69c5d94 Dupan, Sigrid 69bddf68-7ea4-41d4-acb7-83d940c02f15 Day, Sarah 3af2930a-d2cc-436d-8ff6-a2415815f4ad Olsen, Jenny, Turner, Shruti, Chadwell, Alix, Dickinson, Alexander, Ostler, Chantel, Marie, Armitage, Lucy, McGregor, Alison, Dupan, Sigrid and Day, Sarah (2022) The impact of limited prosthetic socket documentation: a researcher perspective. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 3. (doi:10.3389/fresc.2022.853414). Record type: Article Abstract The majority of limb prostheses are socket mounted. For these devices, the socket is essential for adequate prosthetic suspension, comfort, and control. The socket is unique among prosthetic components as it is not usually mass-produced and must instead be custom-made for individual residual limbs by a prosthetist. The knowledge of what constitutes “good” socket fit is gained by expert prosthetists and technicians over years of experience, and rarely documented. The reliance on tacit knowledge makes it difficult to standardize the criteria for a well-fitting socket, leading to difficulties understanding the impact of socket fit. Despite its importance, the workflow for socket fitting is often overlooked in literature. Due to the customized nature of sockets, if information is provided in literature, generally only the type of socket and suspension mechanism is noted, with information regarding the fitting and manufacturing processes omitted. In this article, the concerns, issues and consequences arising from lack of upper and lower limb socket documentation are discussed from a researcher perspective, supported by healthcare professionals and socket fabrication specialists. Key changes are proposed to the way socket manufacturing and evaluation are documented to assist future research Text fresc-03-853414 - Version of Record Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (200kB) More information Accepted/In Press date: 11 February 2022 e-pub ahead of print date: 7 March 2022 Learn more about School of Health Sciences research Identifiers Local EPrints ID: 455782 URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/455782 DOI: doi:10.3389/fresc.2022.853414 PURE UUID: 9005ab6b-9cb1-42f2-b45d-dcd650c66548 ORCID for Alexander Dickinson: orcid.org/0000-0002-9647-1944 Catalogue record Date deposited: 04 Apr 2022 16:45 Last modified: 05 Apr 2022 01:40 Export record ASCII CitationAtomBibTeXData Cite XMLDublin CoreDublin CoreEP3 XMLEndNoteHTML CitationHTML CitationHTML ListJSONMETSMODSMPEG-21 DIDLOpenURL ContextObjectOpenURL ContextObject in SpanRDF+N-TriplesRDF+N3RDF+XMLRIOXX2 XMLReferReference ManagerSimple Metadata Altmetrics Share this record Share this on FacebookShare this on Twitter Share this on Weibo Contributors Author: Jenny Olsen Author: Shruti Turner Author: Alix Chadwell Author: Alexander Dickinson Author: Chantel, Marie Ostler Author: Lucy Armitage Author: Alison McGregor Author: Sigrid Dupan Author: Sarah Day Download statistics Downloads from ePrints over the past year. 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