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Potential problems of manufacture and fitting of polypropylene ultralight weight below-knee prostheses

Author(s) -

P. Convery,

Dennis Jones,

Jonathan D. Hughes,

G. A. Whitefield

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

prosthetics and orthotics international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.729

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 1746-1553

pISSN - 0309-3646

DOI - 10.3109/03093648409145341

Subject(s) - polypropylene , prosthesis , artificial limbs , computer science , materials science , prosthesis design , biomedical engineering , composite material , engineering , artificial intelligence

The clinical evaluation of an ultralightweight polypropylene below-knee prosthesis conducted by the University of Strathclyde identified a number of potential problems which can arise from the use of polypropylene. This paper describes the problems associated with manufacture, loss of alignment and fitting, and indicates handling techniques to minimize these problems.

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