BS ISO 8548-2:2020 pdf free
BS ISO 8548-2:2020 pdf free.Prosthetics and orthotics一Limb deficiencies
This document establishes a method of describing and measuring lower limb amputation stumps. It also lists the measurements required for the provision of a prosthesis.
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 8549-2, Prosthetics and orthotics一Vocabulary一Part 2: Terms relating to external limb prostheses and wearers of these prostheses
ISO 8549-4, Prosthetics and orthotics一Vocabulary 一Part 4: Terms relating to limb amputation
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 8549-2 and ISO 8549-4 apply.ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
一ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
一IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
Specify the amputation side and describe the stump using the relevant descriptors listed in the appropriate tables (Tables 1 to 7) and the guidance given in 4.2 to 4.6.
The shape of the stump should be described as either conical, bulbous or cylindrical. In this context, the meanings of these terms are self-evident.
The soft tissues of the stump should be described by reference to their amount and consistency. The amount should be described as sufficient, insufficient or excessive and the consistency described as normal, flabby or indurated. If the heel pad is retained, its position should be recorded as correctly positioned, displaced or mobile.
Relevant bony features such as prominences, remnants, length or position should be described. The presence of any prominent foreign bodies, for example grafts, implants or shrapnel, should be noted. The level of the medial tibial plateau, unless there is a fixed deformity of the knee, in which case this level is the highest at which a circumferential measurement perpendicular to the mid-line of the stump can be obtained.BS ISO 8548-2 pdf free download.
