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Project Number: | IK6RX003071-01A1 |
| Title: | Research Career Scientist |
| Principal Investigator: | Kent N. Bachus |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Congressional District Code: | 2 |
| Research Service: | Rehabilitation R&D |
| Project Period: | January 2020 - December 2024 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $209,713 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$1,039,862 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Patients with amputated limbs are customarily offered socket-based systems, which are stabilized by friction contact between the socket and the soft tissues of the residual limb. Despite the leading-edge care provided to patients with amputations by the VA Healthcare System, many abandon their conventional socket-based systems. In a study of veterans with combat-associated unilateral upper-limb loss, 25% of veterans abandon their socket- based prosthetics, with rates highest among women. To impr... |