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This 10 page paper provides an overview of material necessary for consideration in the development of a prosthetic knee prototype for pediatric patients. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Approximately 311,000 lower-limb amputees were noted in the United States in 1997, with approximately 40 percent of those transfemoral amputations (Pitkin, 1997). Pitkin (1997) maintained that while approximately
5 percent of those were children, specific issues occur when developing prosthetics for children because of growth factors, developmental factors and life expectancy with the prosthetic. In addition, research
suggests that patients typically reject prosthetics because they cause significant physical discomfort and because of discomfort caused by compensatory gait strategies that are the result of efforts to reduce pain
from the prosthetic or from the residual tissues in the site of attachment (Pitkin, 1997). In correlation with this, it has been maintained that alignment of relative
orientation between the point of attachment for the prosthetic and the ability to maintain stability and reduce resistance are key factors in the creation of prosthetics, especially for pediatric populations
(Pitkin, 1997). Prosthetic gait synergy, then, is the necessary focus in the creation of effective prosthetics. In pediatric patients, the
development of prosthetic for mid-femoral amputations has required a greater integration of mechanical processes in order to create prosthetics that mimic anatomical knee, leg and foot function. Understanding the
phases of gait, the kinematics of the anatomical knee and the specific issues for pediatric prosthetic knee users, relates some of the central components necessary to develop effective prosthetic prototypes.
Phases of Gait Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics (2000) describes the phases of gait in two different sections, the stance phase and the swing
phase. The stance phase comprises the larger segment of the entire gait cycle, approximately 60 percent of the cycle, and can be broken down into five separate parts (Wheeless,
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