Nicolaas Pickard's Outputs (7)

Validation of a marker-based motion capture method for measuring the coupling between the ulna and a bypass socket attached to the forearm (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
Poor comfort and function are consistently linked to prosthetic non-use and abandonment [1]. Current prosthetic devices are considered to “not offer sufficient functional advantage to compensate for any inconvenience or discomfort involve... Read More about Validation of a marker-based motion capture method for measuring the coupling between the ulna and a bypass socket attached to the forearm.

Pigs Going Out on a Limb: Proof of concept of a video fluoroscopy method for measuring trans-radial socket-residuum coupling (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
Complaints about comfort and function are consistently associated with prosthetic non-use and abandonment, and the design of sockets likely impacts both aspects [1]. Socket fit can be considered the compromise between socket function and... Read More about Pigs Going Out on a Limb: Proof of concept of a video fluoroscopy method for measuring trans-radial socket-residuum coupling.

Sex and gender assessment in upper-limb prosthetic design research (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Though often neglected, sex and gender considerations are critical to product design as they generate product innovation, influence study design, and improve sex and gender equality. In upper-limb prosthetics, research has highlighted mul... Read More about Sex and gender assessment in upper-limb prosthetic design research.

The Introduction of an Adjustable Upper Limb Prosthetic Socket System into a Ugandan Clinical Service (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction and Objectives
Previous studies found that people with upper-limb absence (ULA) in Uganda experience poor access to prosthetic services, and often have to manage without a prosthesis. Our previous qualitative work found that social inte... Read More about The Introduction of an Adjustable Upper Limb Prosthetic Socket System into a Ugandan Clinical Service.

Evaluating the introduction of appropriate new prosthetic technology into the Ugandan Healthcare System (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Mulindwa, B., Pickard, N., Kenney, L., & Ssekitoleko, R. (2023, November). Evaluating the introduction of appropriate new prosthetic technology into the Ugandan Healthcare System. Paper presented at 4th Conference of the Tanzania Association for Prosthetists and Orthotists

Adjustable prosthetic sockets: a systematic review of industrial and research design characteristics and their justifications. (2023)
Journal Article

BackgroundThe prosthetic socket is a key component that influences prosthesis satisfaction, with a poorly fitting prosthetic socket linked to prosthesis abandonment and reduced community participation. This paper reviews adjustable socket designs, as... Read More about Adjustable prosthetic sockets: a systematic review of industrial and research design characteristics and their justifications..

'Adjustable prosthetic sockets: a systematic review of industrial and research design characteristics and their justifications' (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Baldock, M., & Pickard, N. (2023, October). 'Adjustable prosthetic sockets: a systematic review of industrial and research design characteristics and their justifications'. Presented at ISPO UK ASM, Manchester

Introduction and Objectives:
Socket fit significantly impacts patient comfort and prosthesis satisfaction. Traditional sockets are monocoque structures which cannot easily be adjusted after fabrication. This review focusses on adjustable sockets, wh... Read More about 'Adjustable prosthetic sockets: a systematic review of industrial and research design characteristics and their justifications'.