The purpose of this study was to examine the possible relationship between factors modifiable by rehabilitation interventions (rehabilitation factors), other factors related to lower-limb loss (other factors), and high-level mobility as measured by the Comprehensive High-Level Activity Mobility Predictor (CHAMP) in servicemembers (SMs) with traumatic lower-limb loss. One-hundred eighteen male S...

Objective: The specific objective of this study was to culturally adapt the original English version of the Physical Activity Scale for Individuals with Physical Disabilities (PASIPD) for the Persian-speaking persons with lower-limb amputations (LLAs), and to evaluate its reliability and construct validity. Methods: This was a multicenter cross-sectional repeated measure study. Cultural adapta...

flow to heal. Diabetic neuropathic ulcers resulting from increased pressure due to osseous deformities may require a variety of podiatric surgical interventions, conservative methods to offload the area, such as total contact Partial lower limb amputation is a common outcome in the high risk patient with lower extremity chronic ulcerations, ischemia, and infection. The significant decline in th...

Pain and pain-related interference with physical function have not been thoroughly studied in individuals who have undergone knee-disarticulation amputations. The principal aim of this study was to determine whether individuals with knee-disarticulation amputations have worse pain and pain-related interference with physical function than do individuals with transtibial or transfemoral amputatio...

A successful above knee amputation. The patient was walking on crutches within 10 days of operation. He had run eight miles a day until acute thrombosis of a popliteal aneurysm produced irreversible ischaemia. Most lower limb amputations are now done because of vascular insufficiency. In 1987, 4985 new lower limb amputees were referred to the disablement service centres (previously known as art...

Objective: To review patient characteristics and outcomes after peripheral arterial disease (PAD)-related below-knee amputation (BKA), and identify risk factors predicting subsequent above-knee amputation (AKA). Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of 210 BKAs between May 2008 and December 2015. Results: The mean age of the study population was 66 years. Most of the patients had cardiov...

AIMS A frequently-seen injury pattern in current military experience is traumatic lower limb amputation as a result of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). This injury can coexist with fractures involving the pelvic ring. This study aims to assess the frequency of concomitant pelvic fracture in IED-related lower limb amputation. METHODS A retrospective analysis of the trauma charts, medical n...

We reviewed retrospectively 22 patients (23 limb segments) with fibular hemimelia treated by amputation or limb lengthening to evaluate these methods of treatment. There were 12 boys and 10 girls, all with associated anomalies in the lower limbs. Twelve patients (13 limb segments) had early amputation and prosthetic fitting and ten had tibial lengthening using the Ilizarov technique. At the lat...

This study identified clinical (e.g., etiology) and demographic factors related to prosthesis use in persons with upper- and lower-limb amputation (ULA and LLA, respectively) and the effect of phantom limb pain (PLP) and residual limb pain (RLP) on prosthesis use. A total of 752 respondents with LLA and 107 respondents with ULA completed surveys. Factors related to greater use (hours per day) f...

Our objective was to determine the relationship between receipt of a prescription for a prosthetic limb and 3 yr mortality postsurgery among Veterans with lower-limb amputation (LLA). We conducted a retrospective observational study that included 4,578 Veterans hospitalized for LLA and discharged in fiscal years 2003 and 2004. The outcome was time to all-cause mortality from the amputation surg...