EVALUATION OF FIT WITH TEMPORARY PROSTHESIS

  • Temporary / training prosthesis

    VERSUS

  • Permanent / definitive prosthesis
  • SOCKS

    WEAR NYLON SHEATH NEXT TO SKIN

    START WITH A THREE-PLY WOOL SOCK

    DON SOCKS, THEN INSERT, THEN SOCKET

    FIT

    AVOID PRESSURE SENSITIVE AREAS

    LOAD PRESSURE TOLERANT AREAS

    CONSIDER INFLUENCE OF PROSTHETIC ALIGNMENT ON SOCKET PRESSURES

    SUSPENSION

    NO MORE THAN 1/4 INCH SLIPPAGE OR "PISTONING"

    Last updated 2-6-98 ©Dave Thompson PT