Sensory Preference in Prosthetics Study: Glasgow

Research Events

Are you aged over 18 and do you wear a prosthetic limb?

We would like to hear about your experiences of materials in your prosthetic.

We will be running a series of one-on-one materials handling sessions at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow on the 29th and 30th Nov.

Each session will last two hours and involves exploring objects from the Materials Library and talking about how the sensory and aesthetic properties of materials offered for prosthetic limbs affect your experience of them. We will also discuss whether particular materials or textures stimulate phantom limb sensations.

Your input is crucial for directing this study, which aims to better understand people's sensory and material preferences in prosthetic limbs. The results of this study will be fed back to clinicians, prosthetists and manufacturers, with the potential to inform the design of prosthetic limbs.

These sessions will be run by Caitlin McMullan, a designer, researcher and below knee amputee, and Sarah Wilkes, a materials researcher at the Institute of Making.

Travel expenses and your time will be reimbursed.

For more information, download the participant information sheet or email hello@sensorypreferencestudy.com.