Prosthetic foot alignment
Tan Chi Wei
Description
Collection
Title:
Prosthetic foot alignment
Creator:
Tan Chi Wei
Date:
7/21/2006
Text:
Hi All :
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> I am a student and am new here. I learnt about Biomch-L after one of
> my professors sent me an email regarding a topic of interest.
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> I am writing in today to find out how many people would agree with me
> in the following:
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> In the alignment of the prosthetic foot, dorsiflexion was the most
> important alignment change (ref: Fridman, Ona and Isakov; P&O
> International 2003, 27. 17-22)
>
> Would you agree if I say extension of a BK socket is actually
> equivalent to dorsiflexion of the prosthetic foot and that flexion of
> the BK socket is equal to plantar flexion of the prosthetic foot? I
> say this because during mid stance, the shank is to be perpendicular (
> or close to) to the floor. Therefore, if a BK socket is flexed, shank
> perpendicular to the floor, then the foot will have to be plantar
flexed. Vice versa.
> Open for comments.
> Thanks
>
> Chi Wei TAN
> Division of BioEngineering, National University of Singapore
>
>
>
>
> I am a student and am new here. I learnt about Biomch-L after one of
> my professors sent me an email regarding a topic of interest.
>
>
>
> I am writing in today to find out how many people would agree with me
> in the following:
>
>
>
> In the alignment of the prosthetic foot, dorsiflexion was the most
> important alignment change (ref: Fridman, Ona and Isakov; P&O
> International 2003, 27. 17-22)
>
> Would you agree if I say extension of a BK socket is actually
> equivalent to dorsiflexion of the prosthetic foot and that flexion of
> the BK socket is equal to plantar flexion of the prosthetic foot? I
> say this because during mid stance, the shank is to be perpendicular (
> or close to) to the floor. Therefore, if a BK socket is flexed, shank
> perpendicular to the floor, then the foot will have to be plantar
flexed. Vice versa.
> Open for comments.
> Thanks
>
> Chi Wei TAN
> Division of BioEngineering, National University of Singapore
>
Citation
Tan Chi Wei, “Prosthetic foot alignment,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/226953.
