Total Surface Bearing Sockets
Robbie
Description
Collection
Title:
Total Surface Bearing Sockets
Creator:
Robbie
Date:
8/10/2004
Text:
Hello all,
I am writing to gather opinions on Total Surface Bearing sockets. In our practice, the traditional PTB style socket has always been used. In the meetings that I have attended recently, it appeared (workshops and lectures) that a large number of practitioners/companies we using or endorsing the TSB style socket.
I am particularly interested in the following:
1--How many practitioners use this modification technique as their primary style?
2--When or what types of patients do you feel benefit from this technique the most?
3--Does limb shape, volume, etc. factor into your decision?
4--What casting technique do you use?
5--What modification technique do you use?
Any and all responses will be greatly appreciated and shared with the prosthetic and orthotic community.
Sincerely,
Robert Schiff, C.P.O., L.P.O.
I am writing to gather opinions on Total Surface Bearing sockets. In our practice, the traditional PTB style socket has always been used. In the meetings that I have attended recently, it appeared (workshops and lectures) that a large number of practitioners/companies we using or endorsing the TSB style socket.
I am particularly interested in the following:
1--How many practitioners use this modification technique as their primary style?
2--When or what types of patients do you feel benefit from this technique the most?
3--Does limb shape, volume, etc. factor into your decision?
4--What casting technique do you use?
5--What modification technique do you use?
Any and all responses will be greatly appreciated and shared with the prosthetic and orthotic community.
Sincerely,
Robert Schiff, C.P.O., L.P.O.
Citation
Robbie, “Total Surface Bearing Sockets,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/223572.
