A reply to
Dear Al.
As a partial foot amputee myself (Lisfranc) I will inform you that a
small listserv has started for professionals interested in problems of
this amputee group and for amputees themselves. The address is
< [email protected]>. Maybe you can have some ideas there.
By the way, what is meant by AFO ?
My own prosthesis – a rigid carbonfibre built socket with a stiff shank
on the anterior part of the leg – is the type as shown to the right on
my home page http://www.algonet.se/~karlm/
My solution is at the price of my ankle is stiff, but I have never
sores.
I can see that you have got some answers on the net, and I would
appreciate to be informed about the result.
Needless to say – it is a complicated service for this group. A
quotation:
Partial foot as a category presents more anxiety and angst amongst
physicians, prosthetists and prosthetic rehabilitation set ups than is
generaly realised.
J.Kulkarni et al,Total contact silicone partial foot prostheses for
partial foot amputations,The Foot (1995) 5, 32-35
Best regards
Karl Montan
Smedgränd 3
S-61430 Söderköping
http://www.algonet.se/~karlm/
e-mail [email protected]
