Medi-Rehatek continues introducing the part II of go upstairs and downstairs training alternately for thigh prosthesis. ![]() Second,go downstairs training Going upstairs training is the contrary to going downstairs training. The prosthesis leg goes down the step firstly, the the sound leg goes down the step, that is parallel to the prosthetic leg. This exercise training requires the sound leg to have muscle strength that supports the weight in a certain degree of knee flexion.So it requires the sound leg to maintain knee flexion for a few seconds during knee flexion and stretch training. ![]() Third, both legs alternately up and down the stairs training The training is appropriate for unilateral thigh prosthesis patients with certain muscle strength on the sound leg and residual limb and suitable length of residual limb length. When doing the training, the stability of knee determines the position of the prosthetic foot after stepping on the step. The foot needs to be close to the edge of step( It depends on the stability of the knee that is assembled on patient). In this case, the distal end of single axis knee joint should touch the edge portion of the step initially, and the heel portion is lifted to the edge of the step when using the stable knee joint.
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