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The episode discusses gait deviations in a patient with a transfemoral amputation and explores potential prosthetic causes.

Benito, a patient with a right transfemoral amputation, demonstrates circumduction of the prosthetic limb during the swing phase. Which of the following prosthetic causes is MOST likely contributing to this deviation? A) Insufficient socket flexion B) Socket is excessively abducted C) Knee friction is too low D) Foot is set too posteriorly Join the FREE Facebook Group: www.nptegroup.com

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