Prosthetic Usage Following Major Lower Extremity Amputation

Expectations of rehabilitation following lower limb amputation: a qualitative study

“…Following an amputation, individuals normally begin an adjustment process where they adapt to both the physical and psychosocial challenges that arise throughout the rehabilitation process [1]. Many studies have focused on the physical factors affecting adjustment and the rehabilitation process, such as the individuals age [2][3][4], level of amputation [5,6] and the presence of comorbidities [7]. However, with regard to the psychosocial factors, the process of adjusting to amputation has been shown to be complex and there appears to be a wide spectrum of responses documented within the literature, such as anxiety and stress, depression, body-image anxiety, coping and phantom limb sensations including pain [8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

The Threshold of Physical Fitness in terms of Maximum Oxygen Uptake as a Predictive Factor for Achieving Prosthetic Walking in Elderly with Unilateral Trans-femoral Amputation or Hip Disarticulation

“…11,26-28 Furthermore, Moore 10 and Steinberg 11 have stated the importance of evaluating the physical strength of amputees before they begin rehabilitation. However, these researchers have not discussed the level of physical fitness required for successful prosthetic rehabilitation.…”

“…[9][10][11] However, the rehabilitation success rate for patients with PAD is lower than the generally reported success rates. It has been reported that rehabilitation success rates are only 34%-47% for TT amputees and 9-20% for TF amputees.…”

“…However, most previous research studied subjects with various amputation levels and wide age ranges, from young to elderly patients. Furthermore, as indicated by Moore,10 despite the increased energy consumption required for prosthetic walking the higher the level of amputation, previous research has not included an evaluation of the physical fitness of amputees. Thus, this previous research may not be enough to clinically determine rehabilitation goals.…”

Painful neuroma requiring surgical excision after lower limb amputation caused by landmine explosions

“…During both war and peace, transtibial amputation is the most common level of major amputation and transfemoral amputation is the second most common [4,12,13,15,17,21]. Explosive munitions, such as land mines, artillery shells, mortar shells, bombs, and grenades, have been the primary agents of battlefield amputation since World War II.…”