MEDI-REHATEK has learned that a good stump plays a crucial role in prosthetic installation. The skin and tissue tolerance of residual limb skin to prosthetic socket will be the fundamental basis of walking function of amputees. A good stump can be judged from the following aspects: ![]() ① The shape of the residual limb is proper and residual limb skin is in good condition (such as without ulcers, a large area of skin grafting, etc.). ② The best shape of below-knee or above-knee stump is inverted cone, and the bones had better not have any bending deformation. ![]() ③ The end of the residual limb should have enough soft tissue as a liner to ensure the effective length of the residual limb. ④ Bone ends of the residual limb must also be modest dressing.Below-knee amputee whose fibula is best shorter than the tibia, in order to avoid residual limb skin suffering from much pulling force at the end. ![]() In order to achieve these conditions, we should let patients accept a good and gradual rehabilitation therapy as soon as possible besides the bone repair surgery with good muscle fixation. It is the most important way to achieve remnant limb shaping and skin adaptation. This is not only to create good conditions for prosthetic assembly, but also to lay the foundation for their future life and self-care. Relative blog: The best training before installing prosthesis
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