Initial foot for a new Amputee
Benveniste, David Mark
Description
Collection
Title:
Initial foot for a new Amputee
Creator:
Benveniste, David Mark
Date:
1/17/2006
Text:
This has recently come up in discussions with other prosthetists. It's
my practice and the practice at the VA in Houston to initially use the
foot we think the patient will benefit from in the long term, whether
it's a Talux, Renegade, Sureflex, or whatever.
We do not put a pt on a sach or other stiff foot initially. It has been
explained to me that this is done for getting initial balance.
My opinion is that the pt's mind and body adjusts to the foot's dynamics
and there is no point in having him/her
learn another set of proprioceptive clues. Of course if it turns out to
not be appropriate at the time, we change out the foot.
My assumption was that our approach has become a standard of practice.
Is it?
Mark Benveniste RN BS CP
MEDVA Medical Center
Houston, TX
USA
my practice and the practice at the VA in Houston to initially use the
foot we think the patient will benefit from in the long term, whether
it's a Talux, Renegade, Sureflex, or whatever.
We do not put a pt on a sach or other stiff foot initially. It has been
explained to me that this is done for getting initial balance.
My opinion is that the pt's mind and body adjusts to the foot's dynamics
and there is no point in having him/her
learn another set of proprioceptive clues. Of course if it turns out to
not be appropriate at the time, we change out the foot.
My assumption was that our approach has become a standard of practice.
Is it?
Mark Benveniste RN BS CP
MEDVA Medical Center
Houston, TX
USA
Citation
Benveniste, David Mark, “Initial foot for a new Amputee,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/225996.
