Understand the components
Connect socket design, suspension, and upper- and lower-limb componentry to clinical selection.
An illustrated online textbook
Introduction to Clinical Prosthetics
A practical digital guide to prosthetic components, gait, rehabilitation, and clinical decision-making.
- One purchase. Immediate digital access.
- Future chapter updates included.
- New content added at no additional cost.
Chapter overview
Build understanding. Apply it in clinic.
Make sense of gait
Build a foundation in biomechanics, then explore prosthetic gait deviations and their potential causes.
Navigate rehabilitation & pain
Follow the rehabilitation pathway and address residual-limb and phantom-limb pain.
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01
Limb Amputation: Epidemiology, Surgical Principles, and Prosthetic Foundations
Explores who undergoes amputation and why, clarifies level-specific terminology, and reviews surgical considerations for selecting appropriate residual-limb length to support healing, rehabilitation, and future prosthetic fitting.
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Hospital Timelines After Amputation and Dermatologic Considerations
Follows the rehabilitation pathway from surgery to initial prosthetic fitting, including residual-limb preparation, in-clinic assessment, common dermatologic conditions, and the evaluation and management of chronic osteomyelitis.
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03
Prosthetic Componentry: Overview and Lower Extremity
Explains how lower-extremity prosthetic systems work, from socket fit and suspension to component selection and clinical use.
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04
Human Gait: Biomechanics, Phases, and Clinical Applications
Builds the biomechanical foundation for gait analysis by connecting ground reaction forces and joint moments with gait phases, muscular demands, and common movement problems.
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05
Prosthetic Gait Analysis: Transtibial Amputation
Translates observed gait deviations into clinical decisions by distinguishing patient-related from prosthetic causes and connecting each pattern to the alignment change most likely to correct it.
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06
Prosthetic Componentry of the Upper Extremity
Explores upper-extremity prosthetic design and function, from fit and componentry to evolving control strategies and finger and partial-hand prostheses.
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07
Pain in the Residual Limb
Provides a practical differential for residual-limb pain and an evidence-based approach to phantom-limb pain across pharmacologic, nonpharmacologic, and interventional care.
What’s Coming Next
Expanding the learning resources
Upcoming additions will include:
✓ Critical reviews of K3 prosthetic feet and knees with practical selection guidance
✓ A new chapter on transfemoral gait deviations
✓ Podcast-style audio reviews of high-yield prosthetic topics
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