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Can a novel set of handgrips on a walking frame increase stability and support users when transferring to/from a chair? (2025)
Journal Article

Introduction: One important aspect of walking aid use is transferring safely to the aid from sitting and transferring back to the chair after walking, since these activities have been associated with falls in older adults. Standard frames require the... Read More about Can a novel set of handgrips on a walking frame increase stability and support users when transferring to/from a chair?.

Example videos from NIHR201310 (2025)
Digital Artefact
Kenney, L. (2025). Example videos from NIHR201310

This folder contains two video files. Example 1 illustrates one of our participants performing the pick-and-place task using the instrumented test prosthesis (novel housing condition). Synchronous video and EMG data are shown, together with text to h... Read More about Example videos from NIHR201310.

Datasets associated with 'Introducing an adjustable upper limb prosthesis into a Ugandan clinical service: Impacts on free living behaviour and prosthetic use' (2025)
Data

This database contains all the raw, unprocessed data collected from two different activity monitors monitoring upper-limb prosthetic use and physical activity.
This data was collected from eight Ugandan participants with trans-radial limb loss acros... Read More about Datasets associated with 'Introducing an adjustable upper limb prosthesis into a Ugandan clinical service: Impacts on free living behaviour and prosthetic use'.

Replication of clinical prosthetic sockets for research purposes (2024)
Journal Article
Chadwell, A., Kenney, L., Prince, M., Olsen, J., & Dyson, M. (2024). Replication of clinical prosthetic sockets for research purposes. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, https://doi.org/10.1097/PXR.0000000000000386



For research in the field of prosthetics to be representative of clinical realities, studies require inclusion of clinical standard prosthetic sockets. This necessitates involvement of a prosthetist (clinical professional) in any study, which is... Read More about Replication of clinical prosthetic sockets for research purposes.

A scoping review of digital fabrication techniques applied to prosthetics & orthotics: Part 2 of 2—orthotics (2024)
Journal Article

Introduction: Traditionally, orthosis manufacturing is time and labor-intensive. Digitalization of some of the fabrication process is already ubiquitous, yet extension across device types could reduce the burden of manual labor and advance automation... Read More about A scoping review of digital fabrication techniques applied to prosthetics & orthotics: Part 2 of 2—orthotics.

Wear and use of prostheses in sport by adolescents with upper limb absence: A preliminary mixed-methods study (2024)
Journal Article
M. Chinn, N., P. J. Kenney, L., Chadwell, A., E. Williams, A., & Head, J. (2024). Wear and use of prostheses in sport by adolescents with upper limb absence: A preliminary mixed-methods study. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, https://doi.org/10.1097/PXR.0000000000000394

Background:

There is minimal research on sports participation in adolescents with upper limb absence (ULA) and specifically on the impact of prosthesis provision.

Objectives:

This study explored using activity monitoring sensors and interv... Read More about Wear and use of prostheses in sport by adolescents with upper limb absence: A preliminary mixed-methods study.

A scoping review of digital fabrication techniques applied to prosthetics and orthotics: Part 1 of 2—Prosthetics (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Traditionally, the manufacture of prostheses is time-consuming and labor-intensive. One possible route to improving access and quality of these devices is the digitalizing of the fabrication process, which may reduce the burden of manual... Read More about A scoping review of digital fabrication techniques applied to prosthetics and orthotics: Part 1 of 2—Prosthetics.

A quantitative comparison between the mHand Adapt passive adjustable hand prosthesis and its predecessor, the Delft Self-Grasping Hand (2024)
Journal Article
Krinis, S., Chadwell, A., Kenney, L., & Smit, G. (in press). A quantitative comparison between the mHand Adapt passive adjustable hand prosthesis and its predecessor, the Delft Self-Grasping Hand. PLoS ONE, 19(3), e0300469. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300469

Introduction: The Delft Self-Grasping Hand (SGH) is an adjustable passive hand prosthesis that relies on wrist flexion to adjust the aperture of its grasp. The mechanism requires engagement of the contralateral hand meaning that hand is not available... Read More about A quantitative comparison between the mHand Adapt passive adjustable hand prosthesis and its predecessor, the Delft Self-Grasping Hand.