Wear comfort and hygiene is responsible for the significant improvement in the life quality of many amputees and in this regard liners have an important role for the prosthetic leg users. They are protective materials used as covers and worn over the residual limb before the socket to prevent the discomfort occurred during the movements of the patients. Liners are made of different synthetic flexible materials and designed with specific features for different suspension systems. Selecting a correct liner depends on the activity level and needs of the users in addition to the suspension system of the prosthetic leg. Although liners ensure wearing comfort to the users, feeling uncomfortable occurs due to perspiration and lack of evaporation. In this context, leather has advantages due to its triple helix collagen fibers and seems to be a perfect alternative natural material to synthetic liners. For this purpose, the production of a leather liner as an alternative to synthetic liners was aimed to perform for the prosthetic leg users. Chromium free leathers were manufactured based on the properties of the synthetic liners found in the market and the physical, mechanical and comfort properties of the liners in terms of water vapor permeability, static water absorption, tensile strength, elongation at break, tear strength, rubbing fastness and thickness were determined. The results revealed that leather could be used as an alternative natural liner for the use of prosthetic legs and has become prominent due to its wear comfort, hygiene and mechanical properties. KEY WORDS: leather, prosthesis, liner PIELEA CA POTENŢIALĂ CĂPTUŞEALĂ PENTRU PROTEZE REZUMAT. Confortul în purtare şi igiena sunt responsabile pentru îmbunătăţirea semnificativă a calităţii vieţii multor persoane cărora li s-au amputat membre şi, în acest sens, căptuşelile au un rol important pentru utilizatorii de proteze. Acestea sunt materiale de protecţie folosite ca înveliş şi purtate peste membrul rezidual înainte de a pune proteza pentru a preveni disconfortul care apare în timpul mişcării pacienţilor. Căptuşeala este fabricată din diferite materiale sintetice flexibile şi proiectate cu caracteristici specifice pentru diferite sisteme de suspensie. Selectarea unei căptuşeli corecte depinde de nivelul de activitate şi de nevoile utilizatorilor, pe lângă sistemul de suspensie al piciorului protetic. Deşi căptuşeala asigură confortul purtătorilor, senzaţia de disconfort apare din cauza transpiraţiei şi a lipsei de evaporare a acesteia. În acest context, pielea are avantaje datorită fibrelor de colagen cu structură de triplu helix şi, fiind un material natural, este o alternativă perfectă pentru căptuşelile sintetice. În acest scop, s-a propus căptuşeala din piele ca alternativă la căptuşelile sintetice, funcţională pentru utilizatorii de proteze. Pieile fără crom s-au fabricat pe baza proprietăţilor căptuşelilor sintetice găsite pe piaţă şi s-au determinat proprietăţile fizice, mecanice şi de confort ale căptuşelilor în ceea ce priveşte permeabilitatea vapo...
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
customersupport@researchsolutions.com
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.