Scotchcast P.V.C. interim prosthesis for below-knee amputees.

A study of interface pressures in the below-knee prosthesis (physiological suspension: an interim report).

Since its inception, the Prosthetics Research Study has attempted to maximize retention and stabilization of residual limb musculature in the below-knee amputation . Combined with myoplastic technique, Immediate Postoperative Prosthetic fitting, training of residual limb muscles, and an appropriate definitive prosthesis, an effective, functional end organ is achieved. Clinical observation has s...

A Review of the Gait Study of Below - Knee Amputees

Over the past decades, the performance of the below-knee prosthesis has been significantly improved. However, below-knee amputees still experience many problems during locomotion. For example, they normally exhibit non-symmetric gait patterns, slower self-selected walking speeds, and higher gait metabolic rates compared to intact individuals. The objective of this project is to obtain both qual...

Prosthetic use and functional and social outcome following major lower limb amputation.

A total of 175 consecutive below and above-knee amputees sent to the prosthetic workshop in Helsinki for prosthetic fitting from 32 hospitals were reviewed to determine their functional ambulation and social adaptation. The average age of the patients was 62.2 years at the time of the prosthetic fitting. The mortality was 11% (19) during the first postoperative year. One-year postoperative info...

A prosthesis for below-knee amputees.

Some experience with patellar-tendon-bearing below-knee prostheses.

AN THE latter part of 1958, prothetists of the Limb and Brace Section of the U. S. Veterans Administration Prosthetics Center, New York City, were indoctrinated in the technique of fabricating the patellar-tendon-bearing (PTB) cuff-suspension below-knee prosthesis. Preliminary experience encouraged VAPC to institute in the spring of 1959 a form of clinical study. Selection of the patients fitte...