CHARACTERISTICS COMPOSITE MATERIALS TO BE USED IN TRANS-TIBIAL PROSTHETIC SOCKETS

To initate a datebase on material properties on typical laminations used in belwo knee prosthetic socket (Trans-Tibial).The authors subjected samples of common prosthetic socket laminations to tensile, bending, and fatigue tests.Two varieties of lay up material (fibers) were each laminated separately with common resins (acrylic), resulting in four

Abstract Background Traditional Chinese medicine uses various herbs for the treatment of various diseases for thousands of years and it is now time to assess the characteristics and effectiveness of these medicinal plants based on modern genetic and molecular tools.The herb Flos Lonicerae Japonicae (FLJ or Lonicera japonica Thunb.) is used as an an