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prosthetist

[pros´thĕ-tist]

a person skilled in prosthetics and practicing its application.

pros·the·tist

(pros'the-tist),

One skilled in constructing and fitting prostheses.

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

prosthetist

Orthopedics A person who produces and/or fits a prosthetic device, usually understood to be a limb

pros·the·tist

(pros'thĕ-tist)

One skilled in constructing and fitting prostheses.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

Prosthetist

A health care professional who is skilled in making and fitting artificial parts (prosthetics) for the human body.

Mentioned in: Rehabilitation

pros·the·tist

(pros'thĕ-tist)

One skilled in constructing and fitting prostheses.

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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Traditionally, the prosthetist uses a plaster wrap to define the shape of the remaining limb.

Prosthetic sockets stabilized by alternating areas of tissue compression and release

More generally, for the prosthetist, HO represents an additional pressure-sensitive area in the residual limbs of recent combat amputees.

Heterotopic ossification in combat amputees from Afghanistan and Iraq wars: Five case histories and results from a small series of patients

When the prosthetist aligned each subject's current prosthetic foot to their usual socket, he or she may have made adjustments that minimized the effect of differences between the feet.

Effects of prosthetic foot forefoot flexibility on gait of unilateral transtibial prosthesis users

Although two qualified prosthetists performed alignments of the experimental prostheses during this study, each research participant had all his or her experimental prostheses aligned by only one of the prosthetists.

Effects of prosthetic foot forefoot flexibility on oxygen cost and subjective preference rankings of unilateral transtibial prosthesis users

In order to learn to fit and fabricate the NU-FlexSIV Socket, study prosthetists were provided in-person training, a multimedia instruction manual, and ongoing consultation from the NU-FlexSIV Socket developers.

Evaluation of NU-FlexSIV Socket Performance for Military Service Members with Transfemoral Amputation

With more than 20 years of experience in the field, Sebastian Giede, Certified Orthopaedic Prosthetist with Mediclinic, worked with the fully 3D printed device for the first time, stating "the potential of 3D printing in the field of prosthetic devices is huge.

Dubai Resident Receives Region's First 3D-Printed Prosthetic Leg

Jim Dimond, Consultant Clinical Maxillofacial Prosthetist at University Hospital Coventry, explained how the Thinky ARE-250 from Intertronics helped move from a lengthy, manual process requiring a skilled technician, to a short, reliable and automatic mixing process.

Mixing Silicones for Facial and Other Prosthetics

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All of these features and capabilities are provided to the prosthetist as a complete system, eliminating any potential compatibility issues between joints or components.

Mobius Bionics to Bring LUKE Prosthetic Arm to Market

Then you will work with a certified prosthetist and a physical therapist to learn how to put on and remove it, and walk with it.

Walking with a prosthetic limb

Fitting a socket to a residual limb is an iterative process, sometimes requiring several return visits to a prosthetist, typically ranging from 5 to 40 visits per year [1-2].

Registering a methodology for imaging and analysis of residual-limb shape after transtibial amputation