Abstract
This paper is intended to illustrate some new fitting techniques for
the upper extremity amputee using two types of custom silicone liners
manufactured at the Bloorview MacMillan Children’s Centre in Toronto.
The need for custom silicone liners for upper extremity clients was
discovered with the attempted fitting of off-the-shelf silicone liners.
These liners were not able to provide a total contact fit. Many of the
prosthetic clients at the Centre have various levels of amputation that
are congenital in nature. With the wide variety of shapes (and sizes)
presented by our client’s residual limbs custom silicone liners were
indicated over off-the-shelf liners.
Two techniques for fabricating custom silicone liners have been
developed at the BMCC. The two fabricating procedures are described as
custom injected and custom rolled silicone liners. There are advantages
and disadvantages to both techniques. Both of these techniques offer
greater accuracy in achieving total contact suction suspension for the
upper extremity amputee regardless of the complexity of the limb
presented.
Citation
MEC '02 : the next generation : University of New Brunswick's Myoelectric Controls/Powered
Prosthetics Symposium, Fredericton, N.B., Canada, August 21-23, 2002 : conference
proceedings.
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