Shower Leg
Robert Schiff
Description
Collection
Title:
Shower Leg
Creator:
Robert Schiff
Date:
7/13/2006
Text:
Hello all,
I am making a shower leg for a patient. He is pushing 270 lbs. and active and wants the prosthesis for showering and wade fishing (saltwater). I am concerned mostly with the 270#s. I am planning to make an exoskeletal limb with a hollow shell for buoyancy. His regular limb is a locking liner/pin suspension so I planned on fitting his shower limb with a cushion liner and alps ez sleeve without the fabric covering. I wanted to use a either a sach foot or flexible keel foot with exo compatibility.
These were my thoughts, what are yours?
Thanks for the input!
Robbie Schiff, C.P.O., L.P.O.
I am making a shower leg for a patient. He is pushing 270 lbs. and active and wants the prosthesis for showering and wade fishing (saltwater). I am concerned mostly with the 270#s. I am planning to make an exoskeletal limb with a hollow shell for buoyancy. His regular limb is a locking liner/pin suspension so I planned on fitting his shower limb with a cushion liner and alps ez sleeve without the fabric covering. I wanted to use a either a sach foot or flexible keel foot with exo compatibility.
These were my thoughts, what are yours?
Thanks for the input!
Robbie Schiff, C.P.O., L.P.O.
Citation
Robert Schiff, “Shower Leg,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/226966.
