Does activity affect residual limb skin temperatures?
Walking causes a dramatic increase in skin temperatures inside the prosthesis and subsequent rest of twice the walking duration fails to return temperatures to their initial condition. Rest alone is likely to be insufficient to provide thermal relief without doffing the prosthesis. New prosthetic technology is needed to address this problem. Skin temperatures also varied by residual limb location, suggesting that the development of location-specific technology would be advantageous.
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