Abstract
Twenty-five healthy active male above-knee amputees were studied. They had been uniformly fitted with their prosthesis, which in all cases had a total-contact suction socket of laminated plastic, and their walking capacity with the prosthesis was good. Sixteen of the patients were studied with respect to tissue proportions in the stump and intact thigh, while all 25 underwent studies concerning socket fit and relative movement between femoral stump and socket.Mean total cross-sectional area of amputation stump 5–10 cm above end of femur was calculated to be 63% of that of intact thigh. Mean cross-sectional area of skin and subcutaneous tissue of the stump exceeded that of intact thigh by 12% (0.01 > P > 0.001). Muscle and bone tissues of stump were 55% (P P > 0.001) less, respectively, than those of intact thigh. In the stump, skin and subcutaneous tissue were calculated to occupy a mean of 41.8%, muscle 53.9% and bone 4.3% of the total cross-sectional area. Corresponding tissue p...
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