title: Transfemoral socket design and suspension options.
abstract: The transfemoral socket is the interface between the patient's residual limb and the remaining prosthesis. Whether the patient uses a technologically advanced knee mechanism and foot or a single axis, constant friction knee and solid ankle cushioned heel, no other prosthetic component is as crucial in assuring a comfortable and well-functioning prosthesis as the socket. This article discusses the rationale of quadrilateral and ischial containment socket designs and reviews suspension options.
authors.affiliation: Prosthetics Orthotics Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kapp
mesh_terms: D001186:Artificial Limbs / Q000145:classification / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000639:trends; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D018579:Patient Selection; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular