Testing the Reliability of Optical Coherence Tomography to Measure Epidermal Thickness and Distinguish Volar and Nonvolar Skin

• Main Authors: Molly E. Baumann (Author), Nina Rossa Haddad (Author), Alyssa Salazar (Author), W. Lee Childers (Author), Shawn Farrokhi (Author), Neil B. Goldstein (Author), Brad D. Hendershot (Author), Lisa Reider (Author), Richard E. Thompson (Author), Michael S. Valerio (Author), Christopher L. Dearth (Author), Luis A. Garza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In persons with limb loss, prosthetic devices cause skin breakdown, largely because residual limb skin (nonvolar) is not intended to bear weight such as palmoplantar (volar) skin. Before evaluation of treatment efficacy to improve skin resiliency, efforts are needed to establish normative data and a...