{"id":11646,"date":"2021-03-13T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T14:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=11646"},"modified":"2021-10-02T15:39:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T13:39:33","slug":"sweat-as-an-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=11646","title":{"rendered":"Sweat as an issue [talking shop now]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sweat may, can and eventually will be an issue for myoelectric control, where not only does the socket or suspension risks to really chafe up the stump skin, but also, control may be lost at some point. Really this can be so uncomfortable that you may not want to wear a myoelectric arm again.<\/p>\n

Boo hoo, big deal, who cares about a tad bit of humid skin, right?<\/p>\n

So you will think that I am a snowflake, and start thinking things like “suck it up, buttercup” – and I am all with you on that, really, I am.<\/p>\n

Let us compare notes then! Here is my arm after wearing an iLimb (myoelectric, “bionic”) for one (1) day at the office for only light work there [details: link<\/a>]:<\/p>\n

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From where I am standing, there are blisters and abrasions there, and a rash. Boo hoo, sure, big deal? You tell me, I cannot wear the prosthesis for a few days after that, if you want to know whether those are a few more days where I am forced to learn how to live life without prosthesis, you may very well think that but why would I comment ; )<\/p>\n

Sweat usually is also an issue for other prosthesis – cosmetic, body-powered -, as, no matter what, one risks friction and sweat rashes under the liner if one does not know how to go about this [link<\/a>].<\/p>\n

To be honest, the subject is as irritating as it is relevant, as ubiquitous as it is painful, as irritating as it is uncomfortable as it is constantly<\/em> ignored by academic\/university researchers\u00a0 that study the field of prosthetic arms. The problem there also is that many arm amputees explicitly do not want invasive surgery – not for suspension (osseointegration), not as itch relief – also because surgery of that kind seems only to increase the overall burden of suffering and expenses.<\/p>\n

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If you have a problem with this statement – and you very well may, I give you that, we could include a table of the 30 most often cited prosthetic arm researchers and see (a) how many articles of them focused on sweat in the light of sockets and liners, and (b) how many articles they did write, and what these really were. Yes, why not.<\/p>\n

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