Feedback to Capabilities of Prosthetic foot
Rabinder Sahni
Description
Collection
Title:
Feedback to Capabilities of Prosthetic foot
Creator:
Rabinder Sahni
Date:
11/21/2001
Text:
Hello O&P Listers,
Assessing from the responses, few pasted below, certainly there is no
possibility at present that a below knee amputee could jump or hop on a
prosthetic foot, especially on toes.
Hence limit our abilities, during walking or on stairs, to devices that
are passive,which do not follow natural ankle movement. I welcome
suggestion or clarification privately.
Mr. Rabinder Sahni
Prosthetics R/D, designer limbs, self user.
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Please ask directly at: <Email Address Redacted> -or: KCollier @flexfoot.com He
has the answers for you.
Sincerely,
Dipl.-Ing. Wieland Kaphingst
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Rabinder:
Even if I had the ability to hop around on my amputated limb, why would I
want to? It strikes me the risk and potential for great damage far outweigh
any perceived benefit. I am not a kangaroo, nor do I wish to be mistaken
for one :)
Wayne Renardson, BK
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We have a patient who is a bilateral AK. I have seen him hop across a room
on one prosthesis while the other is being worked on. He was using the
c-sprint from flex-foot to do so. How he does it and maintain balance is a
complete mystery to me. He's awesome.
Barner, Karl
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before you go to far check out the college park foot.i think they have beat
you to it
steve wilson
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hi, yes u have many options like flexfoot, seattle foot , carboncopy foot,
for details about u can go through JOURNAL OF PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS,
bye, krishnakant, A.I.I.P.M.R HAJIALI, MUMBAI
Assessing from the responses, few pasted below, certainly there is no
possibility at present that a below knee amputee could jump or hop on a
prosthetic foot, especially on toes.
Hence limit our abilities, during walking or on stairs, to devices that
are passive,which do not follow natural ankle movement. I welcome
suggestion or clarification privately.
Mr. Rabinder Sahni
Prosthetics R/D, designer limbs, self user.
---------
Please ask directly at: <Email Address Redacted> -or: KCollier @flexfoot.com He
has the answers for you.
Sincerely,
Dipl.-Ing. Wieland Kaphingst
--------
Rabinder:
Even if I had the ability to hop around on my amputated limb, why would I
want to? It strikes me the risk and potential for great damage far outweigh
any perceived benefit. I am not a kangaroo, nor do I wish to be mistaken
for one :)
Wayne Renardson, BK
-----------
We have a patient who is a bilateral AK. I have seen him hop across a room
on one prosthesis while the other is being worked on. He was using the
c-sprint from flex-foot to do so. How he does it and maintain balance is a
complete mystery to me. He's awesome.
Barner, Karl
----------
before you go to far check out the college park foot.i think they have beat
you to it
steve wilson
---------
hi, yes u have many options like flexfoot, seattle foot , carboncopy foot,
for details about u can go through JOURNAL OF PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS,
bye, krishnakant, A.I.I.P.M.R HAJIALI, MUMBAI
Citation
Rabinder Sahni, “Feedback to Capabilities of Prosthetic foot,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 7, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/217867.
