Table 4 Survey and interviews participant demographics

Prof Laurence Kenny

Rehabilitation research engineer, with over 20 years of experience in the field.

Kameron Maxwell

Dual qualified Prosthetist/Orthotist with experiencing working in a variety of clinical settings in the UK with both NHS and private healthcare services. He also has an MSc in Prosthetics & Orthotics.

Jim Ashworth-Beaumont

With prior training and experience as a mechatronic and control systems engineer, Jim has been a senior Orthotist/Prosthetist for over 20 years and been a senior clinician with a special interest in traumatic injury and neurorehabilitation at the NHS for 16 years. His postgraduate qualifications are in Health Studies and Neurorehabilitation. He has also experienced upper-limb amputation and was able to share his lived experience too.