Fabrication of a polysar, temporary prosthesis in a hospital setting.
The Physical Therapy Department at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation has been fabricating temporary prostheses since 1967.  Initially, these below-knee limbs were constructed with a plaster socket attached to a modular type prosthesis.  Early in 1970, we began to use polysar, a thermoplastic compound.  It is nonirritating to the skin, light, durable, easily moldable, relatively inexpensive, retains suspension mechanisms adequately, and allows the production of a cosmetically acceptable training limb.  Because we had difficulty with the direct forming method as described by Staros and Gardner, the indirect method was adopted.
D000672:Amputation Stumps; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D020724:Elastomers; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D010969:Plastics; D011474:Prosthesis Design
D020724:Elastomers; D010969:Plastics; C009933:polysar