Traumatic amputation: Psychosocial adjustment of six Army women to loss of one or more limbs

Abstract

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.

Social relationships in rehabilitation and their impact on positive outcomes among amputees with lower limb loss at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

“…In that study, factors external to the rehabilitation programme, such as issues of broken trust associated with the injury or afterwards, were seen as having a greater influence over the extent to which patients adhered to their rehabilitation programme and adopted their prosthetics into their everyday lives. Other studies have examined rates of return to duty (21,22) the experience of female veterans with limb-loss (23), ongoing work on life after injury as former patients navigate community living (24,25), and, as mentioned above, the significance and meaning of assistive devices in the lives of individuals with lower-extremity amputations (8).…”

Occupational adaptation and identity reconstruction: A grounded theory synthesis of qualitative studies exploring adults’ experiences of adjustment to chronic disease, major illness or injury

“…This involved mastering occupations and/or acceptance of changed levels of performance. I've learnt to do all the things I need to do left-handed (Cater, 2013(Cater, , p. 1149.…”

“…Staying optimistic and having a good attitude are the most important thing (Cater, 2013(Cater, , p. 1451.…”

Disability After Deployment Injury: Are Women and Men Service Members Different?

“…This may reflect a gender difference in how the deployed environment and bodily injury are perceived and experienced by women compared with men [29,31,32]. Such perceptions are difficult to study; however, a small series on female amputees does support that the woman amputee experiences her limb loss in different ways and has different types of concerns about the loss (including body image, personal safety, etc) compared with the male amputee [3]. Considering the holistic aspect of these severe combat injuries, our result suggests that the severity of PTSD could be attributable to how personally affected the woman service member is by her experience.…”