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Abbreviations
- 4C's
- Capability Comfort Caring Cosmesis
- AK
- Above knee
- AK/BK pylon
- Above knee/Below knee pylon
- AKA
- Above knee amputation
- BK
- Below knee
- BKA
- Below knee amputation
- BL
- Back lift
- BLTB
- Blocked leather tuber bearing (thigh corset)
- CAD CAM
- Computer Aided Design Computer Aided Manufacture
- CAT CAM
- Contoured Adducted Trochanteric Controlled Alignment Method
- CD
- Congenital deformity
- CS
- Crotch strap
- DSPB
- Double swivel pelvic band
- EBA
- Extension bias aids (pick ups)
- EBP
- End bearing pad
- ESK
- Endolite stabilsed knee
- FCFEA
- Fully covered foot embracing ankle
- Fitter
- GRP
- Glass reinforced plastic
- HOKL
- Hand operated knee lock
- HP
- Hemi pelvectomy
- HQ
- Hind quarter
- HSPC
- Hydraulic swing phase control
- ICS
- Ischial containment socket
- ICS
- Internal coil/calf spring
- IP
- Intelligent prosthesis
- IT
- Ischial tuberosity
- KD
- Knee disarticulation
- LBL
- Long blocked leather (thigh corset)
- LSWB
- Ladies shaped waist belt
- MAP
- Modular assembly prosthesis
- MAS
- Marlo anatomical socket
- MF
- Multi flex
- MU
- Moulded uniaxial
- PB
- Pelvic band
- PF
- Partial foot
- PFFD
- Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency
- PFR
- Pylon forefoot rocker
- Prosthetist
- PSPC
- Pneumatic swing phase control
- PTB
- Patellar tendon bearing
- PTS
- Patellar tendon supracondylar
- RPB
- Rigid pelvic band
- RSS
- Roehampton soft suspension
- SACH
- Solid Ankle Cushion Heel
- SAKL
- Semi automatic knee lock
- SF
- Stance flex
- SPC
- Swing phase control
- SRP
- Short rocker pylon
- STSP
- Soft tissue support pad
- TES
- Total elastic suspension
- TF
- Trans femoral
- TK
- Through knee
- TKA
- Trochanter knee ankle
- TKA
- Through knee amputation
- TSB
- Total surface bearing
- TT
- Trans tibial
- UA
- Uniaxial ankle
- WTKC
- Wheel type knee control
- XKS
- Cross knee strap
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