Study limitations
traumatic amputation, diabetic or dysvascular
This study population mostly includes the traumatic amputation patient population. Other pathologies such as diabetic or dysvascular etiology may have impaired thermoregulationIn summary, there are limited rigorous scientific studies that clearly provide evidence-based guidelines to the prosthetist in selection of liners from numerous available options. The present study is innovative and clearly establishes the foundation of objective measures in assessing humidity and temperatures at the skin-liner interface during activity. This study provided strong evidence that relative humidity at skin-liner interface is reduced with the use of vented liner-vented socket system when compared to a similar non-vented system. Under these conditions the temperatures did not significantly change suggesting reduction of temperature alone may not play a major role in managing moisture at the liner-skin interface.