Proprioception in Above-the-Knee Amputees with Artificial Limbs

Causes of death in a series of 4738 Finnish war amputees.

1 State Supervisor of Prosthetic Services, Ministry of Social Affairs, Helsinki, Finland. THE loss of a limb and its replacement by a prosthesis create conditions deviating from the normal. Walking is always more difficult. Loon (2) found that the energy consumption of amputees increases with the level of amputation. In the case of an above-knee amputation the effort of walking is greater than ...

Some considerations in management of the above-knee geriatric amputee.

1 School of Medicine, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Fla. 33152. The gradual increase in the life span of people in the developed countries of the world has resulted in a tremendous increase in the number of amputees in the older age, or "geriatric," group. A survey by Glattly in 1962 (4) showed that approximately 52 per cent of all amputees fitted with prostheses for th...

Effects of Prosthetic Socket Suspension on Knee Proprioception and Dynamic Balance in Transtibial Amputees

Skin problems of the leg amputee.

Introduction Lower-extremity amputees, the group with which this paper is concerned, include persons who have been subjected to gross anatomic loss of the lower limbs at widely varying levels, such as partial foot amputation, below-knee and above-knee amputations, knee or hip disarticulation, and hemipelvectomy. Amputation at each level is attended by distinctive problems of functional loss, fi...

Prosthetic Limb Vacuum Systems

The Vacuum Assisted Socket System (VASS), developed by Total Environmental Control (TEC), is a specialized device used with artificial limbs to manage residual limb volume fluctuation in amputees. The system consists of a TEC liner, suspension sleeve and air evacuation pump. The device creates an elevated vacuum between the liner and the socket wall. The elevated vacuum promotes natural fluid e...