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Transfemoral sprinting replies
Posted By: Paul Prusakowski on August 22, 2012
Dear list, A number of you asked for me to share the responses that I received from the following question: Dear list, It's been a while since I have worked with a transfemoral sprinting prosthesis and I am looking for some input. In the past (over 10 years ago), I was using the Endolite high activity knee frame with swing only hydraulic unit, a carbon angle bracket from Ossur attached to the base, and the Flex Foot sprinting foot. This time I am going to be using a Total Knee 2100 this time along with an Ossur sprinting foot. If anyone has used this combination, I am looking for some feedback on what type of mounting setups you found worked best as well as what your experience has been with initial alignment. This athlete is quite muscular and places a very high level of demand on his prostheses. Thanks for any suggestions and feedback. Photos would be very welcome as well if possible. Paul E Prusakowski, CPO, FAAOP Gainesville Prosthetics I only received one response from Francois Van Der Watt, CPO at Ossur, who sent me the following photos and a pdf with some basic alignment information. I am surprised that nobody else had anything to share on this topic. http://www.oandp-l.org/shared/photo-4.jpg http://www.oandp-l.org/shared/photo-6.jpg http://www.oandp-l.org/shared/key-to-TF-running.pdf -Paul |
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