‘Amazing response’ for Giulia

A UNIVERSITY of Dundee PhD student has been inundated with people volunteering to take part in her study.

Giulia Zedda, from the institute of motion analysis and research at Ninewells Hospital, put a call out for leg amputees who use a prosthetic unaided to help i n her study, which aims to find out if patients are using the correct prosthesis.

Giulia has now had to close the study to new patients as she received an overwhelming number of people coming forward to take part.

She said: “The response has been amazing.

“Within two hours of the press release going out, I had enough patients to complete the study.

“I’m still continuing to get requests but I’ve reached my quota.

“I’m really grateful to all those who got in contact. Without the help of patients we wouldn’t be able to carry out this sort of research.

“The public, particularly in Tayside and Fife, always show us tremendous support.

“The people who will be part of the study have already told me they’re excited to get started.”

Giulia will be using special software to check if a patient’s prosthesis is fitted correctly.

The study will focus on the distribution of force during everyday activity.

The results could lead to adjustments t o t he prosthetic that aims to improve the overall comfort of the patient.