Prosthetic Services Glossary

A standardised clinical rating system, most commonly Medicare's K-level scale (K0–K4), used to assess an amputee's rehab...

A classification scale used by clinicians to rate an amputee's ambulatory ability and predict appropriate prosthetic com...

A standardised assessment tool used to quantify a prosthesis user's functional ability, mobility, and quality of life be...

The systematic observational or instrumented measurement of a prosthetic user's walking pattern to identify deviations a...

Any departure from a normal, efficient walking pattern observed in a prosthesis user, often attributable to prosthetic a...

The structured therapeutic process by which a prosthetic user learns to walk safely and efficiently with their prostheti...

A network of straps and cables worn around the torso or shoulder girdle to suspend and/or control an upper-limb prosthes...

One lateral half of the pelvis, referenced in prosthetic documentation when describing fitting challenges or surgical an...

A surgical procedure involving removal of the lower limb together with partial or complete resection of the ipsilateral...

An amputation level in which the entire lower limb is removed through disarticulation at the hip joint, leaving the pelv...

Abbreviation for Immediate Post-Operative Prosthesis; a rigid dressing or early prosthetic device applied in the operati...

A transfemoral socket design concept in which the ischial tuberosity and ischiopubic ramus are enclosed within the socke...

A Medicare functional classification system rating a patient's rehabilitation potential and ambulatory ability on a scal...

Knee–Ankle–Foot Orthosis; a device that spans the knee, ankle, and foot to provide support and control motion across all...

A Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) alphanumeric code beginning with the letter L, used to identify and...

A fabrication process in which layers of fibre reinforcement and resin are built up over a mould to create a rigid or se...

A formal clinical document authored by a physician or certified prosthetist justifying the medical need for a prescribed...

A suspension technique in which a silicone or urethane liner is rolled directly onto the residual limb to create an inti...

A prosthetic knee joint unit that uses onboard sensors and a computer-controlled hydraulic or pneumatic mechanism to con...

An electrically powered prosthetic device that uses electromyographic signals from residual limb muscles to control move...

The brain's ability to reorganise its neural pathways in response to amputation, prosthetic use, or rehabilitation, infl...

Standard industry abbreviation for 'orthotics and prosthetics,' used to designate the clinical specialty, its practition...

An externally applied device used to support, align, prevent, or correct deformities, or to improve the function of mova...

The direct structural and functional bonding of a titanium implant to living bone, used in prosthetics to create a percu...