Weight transfer and balance

First steps for familiarity

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Partial weight shifts

 

Partial weight shifts (with and without support)

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Stand between the parallel bars on both legs using one hand for support.

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Shift the pelvis forward, using contralateral hand

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..and repeat backwards

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Stand between the parallel bars on both legs without support.

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Shift the pelvis forward

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..and backward.

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Basic gait pattern

 

Sit to stand

(more to come)

 

Getting up from floor (and down again)

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From a seated position

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place prosthesis in retroflexion

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..abduction and external rotation

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..bend trunk

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..and support yourself using chair

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..with two hands on chair, draw prosthesis in under body

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..and use arms and other leg to raise into standing position

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..(use same method in reverse to return to the floor)