Question

e.b. amputee

Answer 1

A person who's had an arm or a leg surgically removed is an amputee.

The loss of a lower limb has severe implications for a person’s mobility, and ability to perform activities of daily living  This negatively impacts on their participation and integration into society  The ultimate goal of rehabilitation after limb loss is to ambulate successfully with the use of a prosthesis and to return to a high level of social reintegration. Prosthetic rehabilitation is a complex task that ideally requires input from a transdisciplinary rehabilitation team. However, most often physiotherapists are in charge of the physical rehabilitation process .

evidenced based amputee rehabilitaton

rehabilitation process has nine steps

1. Amputation surgery
2. Acute post-surgical
3. Pre-prosthetic
4. Prosthetic prescription
5. Prosthetic training
6. Community integration
7. Vocational rehabilitation and
8. Follow up.