COL (Ret) Paul D. Stoneman, PhD, MPT, DPT, OCS, SCS; COL (Ret) Rebecca Hooper, PhD, PT; COL (Ret) Charles Scoville, PT, DPT Outcome measures are a necessary part of rehabilitation. Various methods and measures have been used to assess patient progress and as criteria for discharge from inpatient care, routine outpatient care, and long-term rehabilitation in a variety of patient populations for ...

While it is generally believed that the choice of prosthetic components affects amputee gait, systematically quantifying the effects of prosthetic design on amputee walking is difficult [1]. A simulation model capable of predicting human amputee gait could allow for quantitative, systematic investigations. Existing models of amputee gait are either too complex for a predictive study (e.g. [2]) ...

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: Few physical exercise programs for children with limb loss have been described in detail recently. We provided information regarding the characteristics and effectiveness of an alternative rehabilitation developed lower-limb amputation. METHODS: An 8-year-old boy a below-knee amputation 9-year-old bilateral amputee girl performed program one 2-h session per week 20 weeks, aim...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the indication of prosthesis during rehabilitation and the maintenance of their use or abandonment rate after discharge, as well as mortality of lower limb amputees due to peripheral arterial disease. METHODS A retrospective and cross-sectional study carried out with lower limb amputee patients, at transfemoral and transtibial levels, due to vascular conditions. The samp...

During the period 1984-1985 amputation of the lower limb at a level potentially requiring a prosthesis was performed on 577 patients in 16 operative units. The mean age was 75.7 years for females and 68.1 for males. The most common site of the amputation was above the knee (49.9%). The majority of amputations (93.8%) were performed for vascular diseases and diabetes. Survival figures showed tha...

The epidemiological features and management practices associated with amputation in low-income countries, generally synonymous with the tropics, are different from those observed in Western countries. Unlike developed countries, amputation most frequently involves traumatic injury in young active people. However, Westernization of the lifestyle is leading to an increasing number of cases involv...

The artificial limb and appliance centres were criticised in a report published in 1987 to the Department of Health by a committee chaired by Lord McColl. The committee suggested that the service could be improved Useful addresses: by raising the technical standards of amputation; by setting up specialist The Royal Association For Disability and multidisciplinary hospital teams that would work ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Education programmes of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) are directed primarily at prosthetists and orthotists. In a multidisciplinary setting, greater attention should be given to other professionals working in the field of amputation, prosthetics and orthotics. This includes, among others, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and residents...