We would greatly appreciate your assistance in answering and returning
the short survey below. We are a research group interested in the
development of new prosthetic products to benefit both the client and the
prescribing prosthetist. This survey will help us to determine the
direction of a current project as well as help us shape future research
directions.
Please mark with an X where appropriate your responses and forward
the survey to MYSELF making sure not to forward to the rest of the
newsgroup.
Please forward to: [email protected]
I thank you in advance for your time and cooperation.
Kim Parker, M.A.Sc., P.Eng.
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PROSTHETIC RESEARCH SURVEY
1) Number of years you have been a practicing prosthetist:
_____
2) Location of your workplace (specify state or province):
______
3) Do you work in the following? (select all that apply):
_______ hospital or rehabilitation centre
_______ private clinic
_______ other (please specify)
4) Do you have computerized educational or fitting tools
at your place of work?
_______ Yes
_______ No
5) Do you have a CAD / CAM system available for use
in your workplace?
_______ Yes
_______ No
6) If yes to the above, do you use the CAD / CAM system (select one)
_______ most of the time
_______ some of the time
_______ rarely
_______ never
7) Are you interested in using new systems and technologies
for the following? (select all that apply)
_______ research
_______ prosthetics manufacturing
_______ clinical fittings
_______ other (please specify)
8) Would you be interested in a new lower limb alignment
system that would provide the following? (select all that apply)
_______ client walking profiles (velocity, joint angles)
_______ loads on the residual stump
_______ socket pressures
_______ recommendations on alignment settings
_______ database of your clients previous settings/profiles
_______ other (please specify)
9) Would you be interested in a computerized lower limb alignment
assistant system that would measure your clients walking pattern
(body weight acceptance, speed of walking, joint range of motion)
with different configuration settings?
________ Yes
________ No
10) Would you be interested in the computerized lower limb
alignment system described in the previous question (#9)
if it did the following? (select one)
________ if it saved 0 to 25% of your alignment time
________ if if saved 25 to 50% of your alignment time
________ if it saved 50 to 75% of your alignment time
________ never
If you selected never in question 10 please skip to number 13.
11) As an experienced prosthetist, would you use a computerized
lower limb alignment assistant system for the following? (select one)
________ all clients
________ difficult to align clients
________ never
12) If this system could save you time per alignment, the most
you would be willing to pay is (select one)
________ $2 000 to $6 000
________ $6 001 to $10 000
________ $10 001 to $14 000
________ $14 001 to $18 000
13) Would you have found computerized alignment assistant
technology useful when you were in school or first started practicing?
________ Yes
________ No
14) Do you know of other practicing prosthetists who would
benefit from this type of technology?
________ Yes
________ No
If you are interested in computerized lower limb alignment assistant
technology please skip to question 16.
15) If you are NOT interested in this type of technology is it
because you feel that:
the potential cost of the system is more than what
you will save in fitting time?
________ Yes
________ No
you do not require further assistance with the alignment process?
________ Yes
________ No
other? (please specify)
_______
16) Comments, practicing needs?
_______
