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Optical Coherence Tomography for the Assessment of Skin Adaptation to Repetitive Mechanical Stress
Skin breakdown is a problem that affects many individuals with lower limb loss. Breakdown is caused most commonly by repetitive mechanical stresses that are imposed on the residual limb at its interface with the prosthetic socket. Skin can adapt to become more tolerant to these stresses, thus …