Transfemoral socket design and suspension options
Kapp, S.L.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America 11(3): 569-583 Vi
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 1047-9651 PMID: 10989479 Document Number: 516182
The transfemoral socket is the interface between the patient's residual limb and the remaining prosthesis. Whether the patient uses a technologically advanced knee mechanism and foot or a single axis, constant friction knee and solid ankle cushioned heel, no other prosthetic component is as crucial in assuring a comfortable and well-functioning prosthesis as the socket. This article discusses the rationale of quadrilateral and ischial containment socket designs and reviews suspension options.