Volume 9 · Issue 2 · March/April 1999 –
by By G. Edward Jeffries, M.D. with Prosthetic Consultants John Angelico, CP, Al Denison, CP and Jim Kaiser, CP –
Editors note: This article begins the discussion of fitting of the various levels of lower limb amputations. In each article, the author will discuss the considerations that apply to that particular level of amputation. General discussion of joints, feet, torque absorbers, rotators, and other components will follow these articles on specific levels for fitting. Readers will be able to put together all the information when the series is completed so that an improved level of understanding of the design, manufacture, and fitting of a prosthesis will be obtained.