Adherent Scar Tissue: Tissue stuck down, usually to bone
AFO: Ankle Foot Orthosis
Alignment: Position of a prosthetic socket in relation to foot and knee
Amputation: Removal of all or part of a limb due to infection, injury, tumor, disease or trauma
Amputee: A person who has had all or part of a limb removed/amputated or is born without a limb
Bilateral: Bi means both, meaning both sides.
Cadence: Walking speed
Congenital limb deficiency: When all or parts of limb/s do not develop normally in the womb or are missing
Contralateral: opposite sides ie. a right arm and left leg
Cosmesis: used to describe the outer, aesthetic covering of a prosthesis
CPO : Certified prosthetist and orthotist (also known as CO - CP - CPOT)
Disarticulation: Limb is amputated through the joint
Distal: Located at a distance away from the point of origin
Doffing : Taking the prosthesis off
Donning : Putting the prosthesis on
Edema: Swelling of the tissues (also spelt oedema)
Endo : Inside
Endoskeletal Prosthesis: one built more like a human skeleton with support and components on the inside and a cosmetic cover on the outside
Exo : Outside
Exoskeletal Prosthesis: A prosthesis that is hollow on the inside with a hard outer surface to bear weight
FO: Foot Orthosis
Gait training: Learning to walk with a prosthesis
Hemipelvectomy: an amputation where approximately half of the pelvis is removed
HD: Hip Disarticulation. The removal or absence of a leg at the hip.
Interface: Inner surface of socket
Ischial Tuberosity: the large sitting bone
Lateral: to the side, away from the mid-line of the body
Liner: Soft socket rolled over the stump used for protection, comfort and in some cases as a suspension
Lower extremity : Lower limb
Medial: toward the mid-line of the body
Mentor: An adult who grew up as an amputee and now serves as a friend and advisor to parents of children with similar limb differences. Having grown up with many of the same issues and concerns, they now serve as role models for the younger generation.
Myoelectrics: literally muscle electronics. Technology used in prosthetic for upper-extremity amputees; used in hands and elbows to control the prosthesis via muscle contraction using electrical signals from the muscles to the prosthesis.
Neuroma: the end of a nerve left after amputation. The nerve will continue to grow in a circular pattern and can be troublesome, especially when trapped in scar tissue.
Occupational therapy: Training to maximise independance in daily life
Partial Foot: an amputation on the front part of the foot.
Patella : Kneecap
Peripheral vascular disease : Disease of the blood vessels from a variety of causes
Phantom pain: Painful feeling in the part of the extremity that has been amputated
PFFD: Proximal Femoral Focus Deficiency
Phantom sensation: Awareness of the amputated limb although not described as pain
Phantom limb : Sensation of the presence of the limb that has been amputated
Physical therapy: Theraputic exercises in order to treat a disease or a disability
Pistoning : When a liner stretches so that the stump elongates
Posterior: the back side of the body.
PPAM: Pneumatic Post Amputation Mobility Aid is an inflatable device (not a prosthesis) that is used in the UK by physiotherapists as part of the rehabilitation programme prior to prosthetic rehabilitation.
Preparatory Prosthesis: The stage between temporary and permanent prosthesis, using transparent diagnostic test socket and special fitting techniques to accurately fit the prosthesis so problems can be eliminated before it is cloned for the permanent prosthesis.
Prosthesis: an artificial body part, in cases of an amputee, an arm or leg.
Prosthetics: the systematic pursuit of providing cosmetic and/or functional restoration of missing human parts.
Prosthetist: a person involved in the science and art of prosthetics; one who designs and fits artificial limbs.
Prosthesis : A fabricated/artificial substitue for a body part that is missing
Prosthetist : Someone who specializes in designing, fitting and making artificial limbs
Pylon: often what is referred to as a pole in a temporary leg prosthesis; the weight bearing support shaft in an endoskeletal prosthesis.
Ramus: the middle portion of the pubic bone, in the crotch area.
Residual limb: The remaining part of the limb after amputation (the stump)
Shrinker: a prosthetic reducer made of elastic material and designed to help control swelling of the stump.
Socket : The part of the prosthesis (artificial limb) that fits around the residual limb
Stump: remaining portion of a limb after amputation.
Suction socket: A socket on an artificial leg that is held to the residual limb by the suction of negative pressure maintained within the socket
Supercondular Suspension: a method of holding on a prosthesis by clamping above a joint.
Symes: An amputation through the ankle joint that retains the fatty heel pad portion.
Temporary Prosthesis: a prosthesis made soon after an amputation as an inexpensive way to help retrain a person to walk and balance while shrinking the residual limb.
Total contact : Total contact between the limb and socket at all points
Transradial : Amputation below the elbow
Transfemoral (TF): Amputation above the knee
Transmetasatal (TM): Amputation through junction of toe and foot bones
Transtibial (TT): Amputation below the knee
Traumatic amputation: A spontaneous removal of a limb for example as a result of an accident
Vascular Amputation: Amputation surgery perfomed as a result of impaired circulation of blood through the blood vessels of the limb
Voluntary control: The ability of the user to control mechanical elements of the prosthesis i.e. control over motion in the knee, ankle, or foot.
AFO: Ankle Foot Orthosis
Alignment: Position of a prosthetic socket in relation to foot and knee
Amputation: Removal of all or part of a limb due to infection, injury, tumor, disease or trauma
Amputee: A person who has had all or part of a limb removed/amputated or is born without a limb
Bilateral: Bi means both, meaning both sides.
Cadence: Walking speed
Congenital limb deficiency: When all or parts of limb/s do not develop normally in the womb or are missing
Contralateral: opposite sides ie. a right arm and left leg
Cosmesis: used to describe the outer, aesthetic covering of a prosthesis
CPO : Certified prosthetist and orthotist (also known as CO - CP - CPOT)
Disarticulation: Limb is amputated through the joint
Distal: Located at a distance away from the point of origin
Doffing : Taking the prosthesis off
Donning : Putting the prosthesis on
Edema: Swelling of the tissues (also spelt oedema)
Endo : Inside
Endoskeletal Prosthesis: one built more like a human skeleton with support and components on the inside and a cosmetic cover on the outside
Exo : Outside
Exoskeletal Prosthesis: A prosthesis that is hollow on the inside with a hard outer surface to bear weight
FO: Foot Orthosis
Gait training: Learning to walk with a prosthesis
Hemipelvectomy: an amputation where approximately half of the pelvis is removed
HD: Hip Disarticulation. The removal or absence of a leg at the hip.
Interface: Inner surface of socket
Ischial Tuberosity: the large sitting bone
Lateral: to the side, away from the mid-line of the body
Liner: Soft socket rolled over the stump used for protection, comfort and in some cases as a suspension
Lower extremity : Lower limb
Medial: toward the mid-line of the body
Mentor: An adult who grew up as an amputee and now serves as a friend and advisor to parents of children with similar limb differences. Having grown up with many of the same issues and concerns, they now serve as role models for the younger generation.
Myoelectrics: literally muscle electronics. Technology used in prosthetic for upper-extremity amputees; used in hands and elbows to control the prosthesis via muscle contraction using electrical signals from the muscles to the prosthesis.
Neuroma: the end of a nerve left after amputation. The nerve will continue to grow in a circular pattern and can be troublesome, especially when trapped in scar tissue.
Occupational therapy: Training to maximise independance in daily life
Partial Foot: an amputation on the front part of the foot.
Patella : Kneecap
Peripheral vascular disease : Disease of the blood vessels from a variety of causes
Phantom pain: Painful feeling in the part of the extremity that has been amputated
PFFD: Proximal Femoral Focus Deficiency
Phantom sensation: Awareness of the amputated limb although not described as pain
Phantom limb : Sensation of the presence of the limb that has been amputated
Physical therapy: Theraputic exercises in order to treat a disease or a disability
Pistoning : When a liner stretches so that the stump elongates
Posterior: the back side of the body.
PPAM: Pneumatic Post Amputation Mobility Aid is an inflatable device (not a prosthesis) that is used in the UK by physiotherapists as part of the rehabilitation programme prior to prosthetic rehabilitation.
Preparatory Prosthesis: The stage between temporary and permanent prosthesis, using transparent diagnostic test socket and special fitting techniques to accurately fit the prosthesis so problems can be eliminated before it is cloned for the permanent prosthesis.
Prosthesis: an artificial body part, in cases of an amputee, an arm or leg.
Prosthetics: the systematic pursuit of providing cosmetic and/or functional restoration of missing human parts.
Prosthetist: a person involved in the science and art of prosthetics; one who designs and fits artificial limbs.
Prosthesis : A fabricated/artificial substitue for a body part that is missing
Prosthetist : Someone who specializes in designing, fitting and making artificial limbs
Pylon: often what is referred to as a pole in a temporary leg prosthesis; the weight bearing support shaft in an endoskeletal prosthesis.
Ramus: the middle portion of the pubic bone, in the crotch area.
Residual limb: The remaining part of the limb after amputation (the stump)
Shrinker: a prosthetic reducer made of elastic material and designed to help control swelling of the stump.
Socket : The part of the prosthesis (artificial limb) that fits around the residual limb
Stump: remaining portion of a limb after amputation.
Suction socket: A socket on an artificial leg that is held to the residual limb by the suction of negative pressure maintained within the socket
Supercondular Suspension: a method of holding on a prosthesis by clamping above a joint.
Symes: An amputation through the ankle joint that retains the fatty heel pad portion.
Temporary Prosthesis: a prosthesis made soon after an amputation as an inexpensive way to help retrain a person to walk and balance while shrinking the residual limb.
Total contact : Total contact between the limb and socket at all points
Transradial : Amputation below the elbow
Transfemoral (TF): Amputation above the knee
Transmetasatal (TM): Amputation through junction of toe and foot bones
Transtibial (TT): Amputation below the knee
Traumatic amputation: A spontaneous removal of a limb for example as a result of an accident
Vascular Amputation: Amputation surgery perfomed as a result of impaired circulation of blood through the blood vessels of the limb
Voluntary control: The ability of the user to control mechanical elements of the prosthesis i.e. control over motion in the knee, ankle, or foot.
