Antimicrobial socks for orthosis-prosthesis users

Authors : Banu Yeşim Büyükakinci, Sibel Döşler

Pages : 52-55

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Publication Date : 2020-12-30

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Orthosis are a device used to correct, accommodate or enhance the use of a body part. Prosthesis is an artificially made limb or part of the body that is used to replace a part of the body that is missing either due to amputation or lack of development. Orthotics and prostheses are usually worn over the cotton stump-socks which should be washed every day. Also the stump-area must be cleaned and maintained regularly. Fungal infections are common on the stump of orthosis-prosthesis users who cannot perform regular care. Considering that 70% of patients using orthosis-prosthesis have such problems, it is understood that patients cannot provide adequate hygiene or care in the problematic areas. Antifungal stockings are aimed to find solutions to this problem and to facilitate patient life. Due to the high price of the existing antibacterial copper and silver ion socks and the presence of heavy metal ions, cotton stump-socks will be treated with tragacanth of Astragalus nitens, an endemic Turkish plant, which are grown in Turkey. This study aims firstly to solve the problem of orthosis-prosthesis users and these socks will be preferred under plaster-splint after body fractures. It might be also a solution for diabetics' wound. Stump socks will keep the users drier during hot days and promote skin integrity and hygiene. As a result, the patients will be offered a better quality of life as it will be reduced the daily care period and prevented fungal infections.
Keywords : orthotics, prosthesis, Astragalus nitens, tragacanth, antibacterial, Stump socks