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Performance Evaluation and Rectification of Prosthetic Sockets: A Machine Learning Approach Using Wearable Sensors
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Engineering Design.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0699-3889
Imperial College London South Kensington Campus, Department of Mechanical Engineering, London, UK.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2396-6433
University of Oxford, Surgical Intervention Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford, UK.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6789-043X
Tech Hive Labs, Iliados 7 Halandri, Greece.
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2025 (English)In: IEEE Access, E-ISSN 2169-3536Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

This study demonstrates a data-driven decision support system to aid in rectification of prosthetic sockets aimed at improving overall comfort perceived by amputees. Prosthetic technology, particularly in the realm of socket design, plays a pivotal role in rehabilitation for individuals with limb amputations. Prosthetic sockets, which serve as the critical interface between the residual limb and the artificial limb, enable amputees to walk without the need for invasive implants that connect directly to the bone of the residual limb. This study focuses on the role of intra-socket pressure in socket performance and its impact on optimal socket rectifications for improving comfort in transfemoral amputees. Employing thin Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) sensors, the research measures dynamic pressure variations across individual gait cycles. To explore the effects of altered pressure distribution on socket performance, a clinical trial was conducted consisting of four different socket configurations across several participants, one of which was with no pad inserted and three of which incorporated a silicone pad to modify the dynamic pressure profiles. With data from multiple participants including specific dynamic pressure features extracted from FSR sensors, and subjective feedback of comfort, a Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) model is trained to establish predictive relationships between intra-socket pressure and appropriate rectification action. The findings suggest that the MLP agent is more accurate at suggesting rectification actions to prosthetists when compared to simpler classification algorithms such as Random Forest, XGBoost and Logistic regression, laying the foundation for future advancements in prosthetic design.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2025.
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Comfort assessment, Force resistive sensors, Multi-layer perceptron, Trans-femoral prosthetic
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-370417DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3609566ISI: 001586194400037Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105015886867OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-370417DiVA, id: diva2:2000928
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