AccessPT Channel, Weekly Physical Therapy Conundrum

Solution to Transfemoral Amputation

The correct answer is 4. A hip flexion contracture prevents the hip from reaching full extension at terminal stance.

A scar adhesion does not cover a sufficient area to affect hip motion.

Decreased trunk stability would not impact full hip extension

Decreased dynamic balance would impact more than just a limit in hip ROM and would likely cause a wider stance