Semi-flexible sockets for amputation below the knee.
A semi-flexible socket fitted to a series of 47 consecutive below-knee amputees is evaluated, and the problems in assessing prosthetic components and appropriate methodology are discussed. The results suggest that this type of socket deserves wider use and further evaluation in active amputees, where comfort, perspiration control or the condition of the skin is interfering with the patient's function.
D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design