PROSTHETIC FITTING AND AMBULATION IN A PARAPLEGIC PATIENT WITH AN ABOVE-KNEE AMPUTATION

The combination of paraplegia with an above-knee amputation is a compl ex injury that makes the rehabilitation process difficult. This articl e describes a case of T12 paraplegia and an above-knee amputation. Aft er the rehabilitation course, the patient achieved full ambulatory ind ependence with an ischial containment, contured adducted trochanteric controlled alignment method (CATCAM) prosthesis and a knee ankle foot orthosis (KAFO). Difficulties in fitting a functional prosthesis to an insensate limb and the rehabilitation stages leading to functional am bulation are reviewed.