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  • Prosthetics and Orthotics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Textile Science

Background:

  • Understanding sock ply and thickness is crucial for amputee sock selection.
  • Current knowledge gaps exist regarding the combined thickness of multiple socks versus multi-ply socks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the thickness of a single multi-ply sock with a stack of single socks of equivalent total ply.
  • To determine if the thickness of stacked single socks equals the sum of their individual thicknesses.

Main Methods:

  • A custom instrument was utilized to measure sock thickness.
  • Compressive stresses were applied during thickness measurements.

Main Results:

  • A single multi-ply sock was generally thinner than a stack of single socks with the same total ply count.
  • The thickness of stacked single socks closely approximated the sum of their individual thicknesses.

Conclusions:

  • Three 1-ply socks were approximately 20% thicker than one 3-ply sock.
  • A combination of one 3-ply and two 1-ply socks was about 30% thicker than one 5-ply sock.