title: Reply to: Comments regarding: The benefits of using a vacuum-assisted socket system to improve balance and gait in elderly transtibial amputees by Samitier et al.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, Spain csamitier@csdm.cat.
authors.forename: C Beatriz
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Samitier
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, Spain.
authors.forename: Lluis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guirao
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, Spain.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Costea
authors.affiliation: G.I.O. Orthopedic Center, Girona, Spain.
authors.forename: Josep M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Camós
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, Spain.
authors.forename: Eulogio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pleguezuelos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000674:Amputees; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D013977:Tibia; D014618:Vacuum