title: A Swedish knee-cage for stabilizing short below-knee stumps.
abstract: Stump length is an important factor in attaining successful prosthetic rehabilitation in below-knee (BK) amputees. Stability of the stump-prosthesis complex is impaired in the case of a stump shorter than 10 cm. Thus, fitting a prosthesis to a BK amputee with a stump which is very short often requires the use of different prosthetic techniques. In this work, the authors suggest the use of a Swedish knee-cage attached to a conventional patellar-tendon-bearing prosthesis as an alternative solution in the case of a short BK stump. Objective evaluation was performed by an analysis of gait and the foot-ground reaction forces. The results obtained indicate an improvement in all the measured parameters resulting from the modified stump-prosthesis complex.
authors.affiliation: Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Ra'anana Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel-Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isakov
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mizrahi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Susak
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Onna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000672:Amputation Stumps / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000886:Anthropometry; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000592:standards*