PROSTHETIC ASSISTANT LATEST 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of abducted gait - ✔✔-
crouch or medial wall discomfort
- long prosthesis
- low lateral wall or malalignment
- tight hip abductors
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of vaulting - ✔✔-
prosthesis too long
- inadequate suspension
- socket too small
- prosthetic foot set in too much plantarflexion
- too little one flexion
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of lateral trunk bending
during stance - ✔✔- low lateral wall
- short prosthesis
- high medial wall
- weak abductors
- abductor contracture
- hip pain
- short amputation limb
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of forward flexion during
stance - ✔✔- unstable knee unit
- short ambulatory aid
- hip flexion contracture
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of lumbar lordosis - ✔✔-
insufficient support from anterior or posterior walls
- painful ischial weight-bearing
- hip flexion contracture
- weak hip extensors or abdominals
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of high heel rise - ✔✔-
inadequate knee friction
- too little tension in extension aid
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of terminal swing impact -
✔✔- insufficient knee fracture or to much tension in extension aid
- patient fears that knee will buckle
- forceful hip flexion
, ✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of swing phase whips -
✔✔- socket is rotated
- knee bolt is rotated
- foot is maligned
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of foot rotation at heel
strike - ✔✔- foot is malaligned
- stiff heel cushion
- plantarflexion bumper
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of foot slap - ✔✔- heel
cushion or plantarflexion bumper is too soft
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of uneven step length -
✔✔- socket discomfort or poor alignment
- hip flexion contracture or hip instability
- patient habit
- focused gait training
✔✔Different transtibial amputation gait deviations (with prosthetic use) - ✔✔- excessive
knee flexion during stance
- inadequate knee flexion during stance
- lateral thrust at midstance
- medial thrust at midstance
- drop off or premature knee flexion in late stance
- delayed knee flexion during late stance
✔✔Transtibial amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of excessive knee flexion
during stance - ✔✔- socket may be aligned too far forward or tilited anteriorly
- plantar flexion bumper is to hard and limits plantar flexion
- high. heel shoes
- knee flexion contracture
- weak quads
✔✔Transtibial amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of inadequate knee flexion
during stance - ✔✔- socket may be aligned too far back r tilted posteriorly
- plantar flexion bumper or heel cushion too soft
- low heel shoes
- anteriodistal discomfort
- weak quads
✔✔Transtibial amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of lateral thrust at midstance
- ✔✔- foot is inset too much
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of abducted gait - ✔✔-
crouch or medial wall discomfort
- long prosthesis
- low lateral wall or malalignment
- tight hip abductors
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of vaulting - ✔✔-
prosthesis too long
- inadequate suspension
- socket too small
- prosthetic foot set in too much plantarflexion
- too little one flexion
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of lateral trunk bending
during stance - ✔✔- low lateral wall
- short prosthesis
- high medial wall
- weak abductors
- abductor contracture
- hip pain
- short amputation limb
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of forward flexion during
stance - ✔✔- unstable knee unit
- short ambulatory aid
- hip flexion contracture
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of lumbar lordosis - ✔✔-
insufficient support from anterior or posterior walls
- painful ischial weight-bearing
- hip flexion contracture
- weak hip extensors or abdominals
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of high heel rise - ✔✔-
inadequate knee friction
- too little tension in extension aid
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of terminal swing impact -
✔✔- insufficient knee fracture or to much tension in extension aid
- patient fears that knee will buckle
- forceful hip flexion
, ✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of swing phase whips -
✔✔- socket is rotated
- knee bolt is rotated
- foot is maligned
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of foot rotation at heel
strike - ✔✔- foot is malaligned
- stiff heel cushion
- plantarflexion bumper
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of foot slap - ✔✔- heel
cushion or plantarflexion bumper is too soft
✔✔Transfemoral amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of uneven step length -
✔✔- socket discomfort or poor alignment
- hip flexion contracture or hip instability
- patient habit
- focused gait training
✔✔Different transtibial amputation gait deviations (with prosthetic use) - ✔✔- excessive
knee flexion during stance
- inadequate knee flexion during stance
- lateral thrust at midstance
- medial thrust at midstance
- drop off or premature knee flexion in late stance
- delayed knee flexion during late stance
✔✔Transtibial amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of excessive knee flexion
during stance - ✔✔- socket may be aligned too far forward or tilited anteriorly
- plantar flexion bumper is to hard and limits plantar flexion
- high. heel shoes
- knee flexion contracture
- weak quads
✔✔Transtibial amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of inadequate knee flexion
during stance - ✔✔- socket may be aligned too far back r tilted posteriorly
- plantar flexion bumper or heel cushion too soft
- low heel shoes
- anteriodistal discomfort
- weak quads
✔✔Transtibial amputation gait deviation: possible cause(s) of lateral thrust at midstance
- ✔✔- foot is inset too much
