Question to experienced amputees:

Question to experienced amputees:

Prosthetists and amputees: please relay your experiences on the following:

I suspect this is a personal preference, but I would like to see if there is
a concensus among amputees as to any difference in the stability felt from
the floor when comparing the different types of feet and ankle units. I'm
curious as to how important it is to feel the foot interact with the floor
. . . .feedback that is diminished or muted by a multiaxial foot or ankle
unit.
I suspect that that amputees with higher activity levels would appreciate
the motion afforded by a multiaxial unit, while new amputees or those with
poorer balance might appreciate feeling a flat, stable spot they can feel
as opposed to super flexible ankles that they have to always keep their
balance on. I'm particularly interested to hear from bilateral amputees on
this topic as they don't have a good leg to get proproiceptive feedback and
to compensate with.

Please let me know of a list this question can be posted to to access more
amputees.... (I don't want it to get posted several times)

Thank you!


Randy McFarland, CPO
S. California