title: Prescription of above-knee and below-knee prostheses.
abstract: New developments in socket design, materials and fabrication are briefly reviewed. A series of charts is presented which summarize the below-knee and above-knee prescription procedures followed at the Veterans Administration Prosthetics Center.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005528:Foot; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design