Abbreviations

Abbreviations

Karl Montan

11/26/1998

To OANDP list members,

If we are reading an English text about prosthetics, we have to
understand a lot of abbreviations. At least if we live outside
Englishspeaking countries, we are mostly not familiar with these codes.
A time ago I raised the question on this list and asked for help. I
thank everyone for this contribution and you can see the result below.
If you find any error or want to make a completion, please do so.
Thereafter I mean to use it for my homepage
<URL Redacted>.
As I am particularly interested in the problems of partial foot
amputees, I have in the list selected abbreviations related to leg
prostehics .
Karl Montan
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ABBREVIATIONS CONCERNING LEG PROSTHETICS

AFO ankle foot orthosis
AK above knee
AKA above knee amputation
BOC (o) orthotist
BOC (p) prosthetist
Cad/Cam computer aided design/ computer aided manufacturing
CO certified orthotist
CP certified prosthetist
CPed certified ped-ortist
CPO certified prosthetist-orthotist
DAK double above knee
DBK double below knee
DPM doctor of podiatric medicin
DPS doctor of podiatric surgery
HCFA
HD hip disarticulation
HKAFO hip, knee, ankle, foot orthosis
HP hemipelvectomi, leg, hip and half of pelvis
KAFO knee, ankle, foot orthosis
L left
LAK left above knee
LBK left below knee
OST orthopedic shoe technician
OT orthopedic technician
OTC orthopedic technologist certified
PF partial foot
PT physical therapist
PTB patella tendon bearing
R right
RAK right above knee
RBK right below knee
ROF registred orthotic fitter
RRB rigid rocker bottom
RPT registered physical therapist
RT (o) registred orthotic technician
RT (p) registred prosthetic technician
RT (o. p.) registred orthotic-prosthetic technician
PTB Patella tendon bearing
TA trans ankle
TEC total environment control (polyurethane gel with padding
characteristics simular to the human fat tissue )
TF trans femur
TK trans knee
TMA transmetartarsal amputation
TT trans tibia