[Prosthetics and Orthotics: Prosthetic Fitting in Lower Extremity in Transfemoral Amputation]

Modern prosthetic equipment often enables reintegration of patients with the amputation of a lower limb into their private life, their professional and social environment to a large extent. Provisioning of the lower extremity with artificial limbs aims at a life as normal as possible for the involved individual. The modules are selected in an interdisciplinary team. An optimal fitting of the socket, the correct static set-up, the appropriate fitting as well as cosmetic aspects are the essential basis for a sufficient provisioning. Knee and foot components should be chosen according to the individual patient's situation including their prognostic mobility classification.Die Prothesenversorgung an der unteren Extremität hat sich in den letzten Jahren geradezu explosionsartig verbessert und ermöglicht vielen Betroffenen eine Re-Integration in ein aktives privates, berufliches und soziales Leben. Moderne Schaftversionen und Prothesenpassteile, moderne Aufbaumesssysteme und Ganganalysen unterstützen dabei die optimale Konfiguration der Prothese, den Komfort, insbesondere den Sitzkomfort, aber auch viele Alltagsaktivitäten.