Randomized crossover trial of hand and hydrostatic casting for custom lower limb prosthetic sockets: Assessing socket comfort and fabrication time.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to compare diagnostic sockets made by hand casting and standing hydrostatic pressure casting in persons with lower limb amputation. This multi-site, single-masked, randomized crossover trial (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04141748) involved a prosthetist at each site taking one cast by hand (H) and another using hydrostatic casting (S). The process of casting, rectifying and modifying a diagnostic socket was timed in minutes. Socket comfort score (SCS) was assessed during static fitting of the diagnostic socket before (initial) and after (final) any modifications were made by the prosthetist. Difference scores for comfort and timing were calculated for each pair of casts within prosthetist. Bootstrapping methods were used to determine if the mean difference scores were si

SUBMITTER: Fatone S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12637896 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature