Abstract-Relatively little attention has been given to the use of well-established motor learning strategies to enable individuals with lower limb loss to effectively and safely learn to walk with their prostheses in the home and community. Traditionally, such outcomes have been pursued by focusing on the design and function of a patient's prosthesis, rather than on how he or she should learn to use it. The use of motor learning strategies may enhance physical rehabilitation outcomes among individuals with lower limb loss. This review explores these motor learning strategies and ways in which they can be applied to the physical rehabilitation of individuals with lower limb loss and highlights some of the challenges to their implementation, as well as unanswered research questions.

Military sexual trauma (MST) can cause mental and physical illness in both men and women. It can also influence behavior and the ability to work with others. MST encompasses a range of unwanted sexual attentions ranging from gender harassment to sexual coercion and gang rape. Sexual assaults in the military continue to rise with an 11% increase reported for fiscal year 2009, including a 16% rise in the Afghanistan and Iraq war zones. This paper includes (a) a brief overview of MST; (b) how MST affects female veterans; (c) how MST affects male veterans; (d) the interrelationship of MST, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health problems; (e) MST and its effect on quality of life; (j) current effective MST therapeutic treatments; and (g) rehabilitation considerations.

Polytrauma is defined as two or more injuries, one of which is life threatening and results in physical, cognitive, psychological, or psychosocial impairment and functional disability. It is the signature injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and with the ever increasing role of women in the military (currently 15% of military strength), a signature injury for women as well as men. This article provides (a) a brief overview of poly trauma, (b) a synopsis of the unique barriers to psychosocial and vocational adjustment encountered by women veterans with poly trauma, (c) an examination of rehabilitation counseling considerations for working with women veterans with poly trauma, and (d) a discussion of potential implications for research.