[AMP-L] Wanted: Amputee Test Subjects for High-Profile Research

[Wayne Renardson]

via Amplitude Magazine:

There are approximately 2.1 million amputees in the United States, and 
another 200,000 or so people lose a limb every year. Given those 
numbers, you´d think it would be relatively easy to populate clinical 
trials for prosthetic devices, socket designs, surgical techniques, and 
other technologies related to limb loss.  

But in truth, it can take many months to round up test subjects who meet 
the needs of a given project. Many investigations focus on one or more 
specific subsets of the limb-loss population; others require a 
representative sample. Moreover, time and travel considerations often 
exclude potential participants. Even a study that requires as few as a  
dozen subjects can be a bear to fill out.

The rest of the story, with photo, here:

https://tinyurl.com/y8h9tfez

Wayne R.