Product selection

Overwhelmed with new products? Not sure where to start? There are a number of ways for prosthetists to get advice on Ossur product selection:

Selection charts

These are available online and in wallchart format
(contact your Össur sales manager or customer service team if you want a wallchart)

Selection charts in pdf format

Liners (2.9Mb)

Knees (7.6Mb)

Feet (5.3Mb)

Standard Adapters (184Kb)

Sales managers and customer service

Our sales managers and customer service teams are always happy to advise and assist. If you are unsure who to contact, visit our customer service pages and choose your location. Alternatively you can email our online experts with your question.

Impact levels, basic reference tool

Featured below are Össur product guidelines based on activity / impact levels (liners, knees and feet). This is not an exact prescriptive tool, rather one that helps to narrow the search. If you are unfamiliar with a product or have any questions concerning its suitability, please feel free to contact the Össur sales or customer service team.

Many different factors have to be considered when fitting a prosthesis. The general health, height and weight of the amputee are taken into account, as well as the level of amputation and the length and shape of the residual limb. The combination of these and other factors means that some products will be more appropriate than others.

These factors also mean that it is not possible to offer an exact prescriptive tool online. As a general guide, however, the figures below represent a range of activity or 'impact' levels.

When located next to a specific product, these symbols give a basic indication of the impact level(s) for which the product may be suitable.

1. Low Impact level:
	Designed to enable single or slightly varied cadence walking. Daily activities involving limited and steady walking with minimal loading force on the foot. Example: shopping, gardening, household tasks.
2. Moderate Impact level:
	Designed to enable varied cadence walking. Daily activities involving typically normal and repetitive actions with moderate amount of loading forces on the foot. Example: longer walks, golfing and other moderate impact activities.
3. High Impact level:
	Designed to enable high cadence walking. Daily activities involving rigorous and repetitive actions with high level of impact on the foot. Example: Construction work, jogging, jumping, excessive lifting and other higher impact activities.
4. Sport level:
	Designed to enable high impact sports. Activities with repeated extreme level of impact on the foot. Example: track and field, sprinting and long-distance running.
Please note, these figures represent Ossur guidelines only, not an exact prescriptive tool. Product suggestions are based on the most common amputation levels.