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What are the best exercises for a transfemoral patient to minimize contractures?

________________ is the joining of digits and can be incomplete or complete.

A TH patient is seen in clinic. The patient is utilizing a body powered prosthesis with a Hosmer mechanical elbow and complains that he can operate it throughout its full range of motion but it requires too much effort. What could you do to remedy this:

What is the procedure for assessing a pelvis that is not level during static alignment?

Which added component operates the elbow unlock features when limited shoulder excursion is available?

Which of the following foot types provides improved tibial progression (rollover) in stance phase through deflection?

The standard AP bench alignment of the socket, in relation to the foot, is that the midline of the socket falls __________ to the foot bolt or pylon center.

What should the electrodes’ gain settings be as a general starting point?

The gait deviation known as ‘external rotation of the foot at heel strike’ is characterized by a lateral movement of the forefoot at the beginning of stance phase.  Which of the following prosthetic issues is most likely to result in this deviation?

The procedure that separates the radius and the ulna and harnesses pronation for grasping is known as the  _____________ procedure and is reserved for bilateral transradial or wrist disarticulation amputees with blindness.