Basic requirement for modern prosthetic prosthetic socket is full contact and full weight-bearing,which should adapt to residual limbs,accord with human anatomy and biomechanics.Various types of thigh prosthetic sockets have emerged with research and development of thigh prosthetic socket technology.The article starts with material selection of sockets,relates commonly used types,clinical applications,structural characteristics,biomechanical characteristics and etc.in clinical assembly of modern prosthetic sockets,and summarizes advantages,disadvantages and applicability of various thigh prosthetic sockets,to improve comfort of amputees wearing prosthetics and exert compensatory effect of prosthetic function.
Traditional insertion type socketQuadrilateral socketIschial inclusion socketSubischial thigh prosthetic socket