Changes in Tissue Composition and Load Response After Transtibial Amputation Indicate Biomechanical Adaptation.

"Conflict of interest Each author (1) made an important contribution to the conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data in the study; (2) drafted or revised the manuscript critically for intellectual content; and (3) approved the final version of the submitted manuscript. None of the authors has any conflict of interest to declare. Raw data are openly available from the University of Southampton repository at 10.5258/SOTON/D1941."

"The authors would like to thank the following for their financial support: JLB: the University of Southampton’s Institute for Life Sciences (IfLS), and EPSRC Doctoral Training Program (ref EP/N509747/1). PRW, DLB: the EPSRC-NIHR “Medical Device and Vulnerable Skin Network” (ref EP/N02723X/1), ASD: the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, (ref RF/130). Ethics Committee approval for this protocol was granted by the University of Southampton (ERGO ID: 29696 and 41864). We would like to thank all of the individuals who participated in this study."