Kathleen E. Yancosek, MS, OTR/L, CHT In my 4 years of clinical work as U.S. Army occupational therapist (OT) working with hundreds of amputee patients, I gained enthusiasm and hope for a brighter future for amputee rehabilitation. I believe that now is the time to leverage knowledge, creativity, and interest in prosthetic development and rehabilitation. I propose that a need exists to certify O...

OBJECTIVE Examine demographics, clinical characteristics and rehabilitation outcomes of lower-limb amputees, using the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC) database. METHODS Lower-limb amputee rehabilitation separations between 2004 and 2010 were identified using AROC impairment codes 5.3-5.7.(1) Analysis was conducted by year, impairment code, Australian National Sub-acute and ...

The variation of the contraction force associated with phantom motion used for actuation a bionic upper-limb prosthesis represents scenario encountered regularly by amputees, while prior research appears to not have been able succinctly address this problem. In study, an extended control system is proposed which recognise gesture intent motions alongside prediction as part advanced pattern reco...

OBJECTIVE Warfighters who sustained combat amputations in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) have unique challenges during rehabilitation. This study followed their outcomes. METHODS Subjects were 382 U.S. warfighters with major limb amputations after combat injury in OEF/OIF between 2001 and 2005. Outcome measures were diagnoses, treatment codes, and personnel ev...

BACKGROUND A high carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) has been related to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, but has not been previously evaluated in amputees. The aim of this study was to compare PWV between amputees and nonamputees. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, data were collected from 60 male lower limb amputees and 86 male age-matched nonamputees. PWV was me...

normal axial alignment restoration in lower extremities is crucial for surgeons performing reconstructive surgeries. since reference normal values of axial alignment are affected by age, sex, and ethical issues, we tried to scrutinize these parameters in iranian adults and compare them with normal values in literatures. through a cross-sectional design, standing axial alignment views of lower e...

The effect of muscle loss due to transfemoral amputation, on energy expenditure of hip joint and individual residual muscles was simulated. During swing phase of gait, with each muscle as an ideal force generator, the lower extremity was modeled as a two-degree of freedom linkage, for which hip and knee were joints. According to results, muscle loss will not lead to higher energy expenditure of...