What would the problem be with the prosthetic if a patient demonstrated Lateral Bend?
Answer
Prosthetic too long
High lateral Wall
Prosthetic too short
Poor Balance
Question 2
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Check All of the following in which are true of a patient experiencing and Abducted gait due to a prosthetic impairment:
Answer
High medial wall
High Lateral wall
Too long
excessive PF
Inadequate suspension
stiff heel
Excessive Knee friction
positioned in Abd
Positioned too far posterior
poorly shaped lateral wall
Question 3
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If a persons prosthetic socket is too small, what type of gait deviation (s) might they experience?
Answer
Medial/Lateral Whip
Vaulting
Circumduction
Forward Trunk Flexion
Both Vaulting and Medial/Lateral WHip
None of the above
Question 4
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A person experiencing a vaulting gait may have their foot in excessive DF
Answer
True
False
Question 5
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A person with a forward trunk flexion gait could attribute this to all the following except:
Answer
Excessive toe out
Knee instability
Poor suspension
Socket too big
Question 6
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A person has a prosthesis that is too long, check all of the gait deviations the patient might present with:
Answer
forward flexed
Abd gait
medial/lateral whip
vaulting
circumducted gait
excessive knee flexion during stance
Question 7
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All of the following are possible causes for a person to display excessive knee flexion during stance .
Socket too far forward
Foot in excessive PF
stiff heel
too long
Answer
True
False
Question 8
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Rotation of forefoot at heel strike can be caused by which prosthetic element?
Answer
inadequate suspension
High medial wall
excessive knee friction
inadequate toe out angle
Question 9
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Having a high medial wall, positioned in abduction, and an improperly shaped lateral wall are indicative of bother lateral bending and abducted gait