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THE JUVENILE AMPUTEE

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 1953
One-hundred and ninety-two children have been studied in a Juvenile Training Program. Of 128 surgical amputations, revision for extensive or poorly placed scar was not necessary. There have been no tenotomies or re-amputations to further mobilize stumps. Bone overgrowth requiring surgical corrections has been encountered in eight cases to date.
G T, AITKEN, C H, FRANTZ
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Telerehabilitation for Amputee Care

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2021
Patients with amputation have unique characteristics and needs that must be considered when services are being provided through a virtual platform. The types of amputation rehabilitation services that can be provided virtually are numerous and vary from a full clinical team evaluation to individual therapy services.
Joseph, Webster   +2 more
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Uphill and downhill walking in unilateral lower limb amputees [PDF]

open access: yesGait and Posture, 2008
Objective: To study adjustment strategies in unilateral amputees in uphill and downhill walking. Design: observational cohort study. Subjects: Seven transfemoral, 12 transtibial unilateral amputees and 10 able-bodied subjects.
Helco G Van Keeken, At L Hof
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Evaluation of amputees

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1983
During 1978 the Queen Alia Fund registered all disabled persons in the East Bank of Jordan. This paper is intended to investigate the actual condition of a sample selected from those persons registered as amputees. The registration showed a total of 696 amputees and a sample of 100 patients was randomly selected from this group. This study explored the
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The geriatric amputee

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2005
There are special aspects of aging with an amputation and with being elderly at the time of an amputation. Older adults who have undergone amputation have many issues to contend with, including comorbidities that affect postoperative care and rehabilitation, general deconditioning and loss of mobility (especially if the onset of rehabilitation is ...
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Pharmacokinetic Considerations in Amputees

Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to review the currently available assessment tools for measuring renal function, body weight, and body surface area in the amputee population. Methods: PubMed and Web of Science were searched ...
Fawzy Elbarbry   +2 more
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The Dysvascular Amputee

Orthopedic Clinics of North America, 1972
Summary By far the most common cause of lower extremity amputation in civilian practice is peripheral vascular disease. Many such patients are in their productive years and are not truly elderly, yet they have other stigmata of systemic vascular disease; hence, the term “dysvascular” has been applied to this class of patient.
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Amputees and Sports

Sports Medicine, 2010
Amputation of a limb may have a negative impact on the psychological and physical well-being, mobility and social life of individuals with limb amputations. Participation in sports and/or regular physical activity has a positive effect on the above mentioned areas in able-bodied individuals.
Mihail, Bragaru   +3 more
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Bariatric amputee

Prosthetics & Orthotics International, 2015
This study reviewed prevalence of patients with lower limb amputations with above normal weight profile, with body mass index over 25, in seven disablement services centres managing their amputee rehabilitation in the United Kingdom.To review two clinical standards of practice in amputee rehabilitation.
Jai, Kulkarni   +2 more
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REHABILITATION OF THE AMPUTEE

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1952
Proper management of the amputee patient demands more of the physician than surgery alone. The physician's responsibility includes supervision of a complete and integrated rehabilitation program embracing psychological preparation, adequate surgery, after-care of the stump and preprosthetic training, and provision of the prosthesis and training in its ...
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