Introduction For this presentation, 388 references were reviewed including journal articles, progress reports, field assessments, internal documentation, books, newspapers and magazine articles. Many of the amputeeinvolved organizations very graciously sent additional materials and a collection of articles was provided from RECAL at the University of Strathclyde. A general point about collectin...

A multiple amputee more severe than a triple amputee is uncommon. There have been no reports on the rehabilitation outcome of a triple amputee, including hip disarticulation and transtibial amputation. The authors report the rehabilitation of a patient with left hip disarticulation, right trans-tibial amputation, and left trans-humeral amputation due to a train accident. He has successfully com...

The aim of this study was to determine the rehabilitation outcome of lower limb amputee patients after clinical rehabilitation. Altogether 183 amputee patients admitted for clinical rehabilitation in the years 1987-1991 were reviewed by retrospective analysis of medical record data. Three groups of amputee patients were identified by reason for amputation. The vascular group: (N = 132), mean ag...

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...

The principles of amputee rehabilitation, from preamputation to reintegration into the work force and community, are reviewed. The authors discuss exercise techniques, training programs, and environmental modifications that have been found to be helpful in the rehabilitation of the amputee. The exercise programs presented here are divided into four main components: flexibility, muscle strength,...

This is a case report of a 55-year-old woman who was treated with a hemicorporectomy consequent to an invasive undifferentiated sacral chordoma. We describe the clinical course and rehabilitation process in an amputee outpatient clinic and report outcome measures such as the modified Functional Reach Test, the Amputee Mobility Predictor, the Functional Independence Measure, and the Short-Form H...

1 Area Supervisor, South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department, Greenville, S. C. 29601. We in vocational rehabilitation need to stop occasionally and examine our procedures with a critical eye. We get engrossed in the job at hand, and find it amazingly easy to neglect determining whether there might be a better way to accomplish a task, thereby improving our services to handicapped peo...

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago established the first private Amputee Clinic in the Chicago area in 1954 . In 1958, with financing by the Veterans Administration, a prosthetics research facility was established in the physical facilities of the Rehabilitation Institute by the Department of Orthopaedics, Northwestern University Medical School. From its inception the activities of the Pro...