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‘Tips for Upper Extremity Amputees’ Video Playlist
Updated Jan 21, 2011 - View the ‘Tips for Upper Extremity Amputees’ playlist on the Amputee Coalition’s YouTube channel. ...continue.
Avoiding Secondary Pain
Updated 10/2024 – También disponible en español Introduction Key to preventing secondary pain after limb loss is preventing complications. This means taking meticulous care of your residual limb, your prosthesis ...continue.
Bilateral Upper-Limb-Loss Rehabilitation
Volume 21, Issue 1 January/February 2011 - by Shawn Swanson Johnson, OTR/L - Upper-limb loss is a rare occurrence. Consider this fact: for every incident of upper-limb amputation, there are ...continue.
Care of Your Wounds After Amputation Surgery
Updated 01/2019 – También disponible en español Introduction Depending on the reason for your amputation and the state of your limb at the time of surgery, definitive closure of the wound may ...continue.
Choosing the Right Shoe
Volume 20 · Issue 2 ·March/April 2010 - by Séamus Kennedy, BEng (Mech), CPed - Choosing the right shoe; what could be easier? Often, the decision depends more on your ...continue.
Congressional Caseworkers: How They Can Help
Created 3/2022 - A major responsibility for members of Congress is to provide service to their constituents back in their state or congressional district. ...continue.
Donning an AK prosthesis with a full suction socket
Narrated by Paddy Rossbach, this is part of a series of demonstrations designed to help individuals learn to manage after a lower-limb amputation. ...continue.
El cuidado de las heridas después de una amputación
Actualizado 01/2012 – Also available in English Introducción Según la razón de la amputación y el estado de su extremidad al momento de la cirugía, la cicatrización definitiva de la ...continue.
Emotional Recovery
Updated 10/2023 Introduction Losing a limb is a life-changing experience. This process can affect nearly every aspect of an individual’s life ranging from work and play to friends and family. ...continue.
Fitting for Hip Disarticulation and Hemi-pelvectomy Level Amputations
Volume 9 · Issue 2 · March/April 1999 - by By G. Edward Jeffries, M.D. with Prosthetic Consultants John Angelico, CP, Al Denison, CP and Jim Kaiser, CP - Editors ...continue.
Focus on Bilateral Above-Knee Amputees
Volume 19 · Issue 4 · July/August 2009 - by Kevin Carroll, MS, CP, FAAOP, and Randy Richardson, RPA - People who have experienced limb loss know that it only ...continue.
Foreshortened Prostheses (Stubbies)
Last updated 01/2008 - For bilateral leg amputees, rehabilitation should be emphasized as early as possible to maximize ambulatory potential and to help alleviate possible gait or motion control problems ...continue.
Getting Behind the Wheel with Limb Loss and Limb Difference
Created 12/2020 - Hitting the open road is about as American as apple pie, baseball, and summer family cookouts. The United States is known for having a robust and vibrant ...continue.
Getting The Most Out of Physical Therapy
Updated 01/2021 – También disponible en español Introduction Physical therapy is highly individualized. Choosing a treatment strategy depends on several factors, such as your previous or current functional level, strength, ...continue.
Higher Challenges – The Hip Disarticulation and Transpelvic Amputation Levels, Part 2
Volume 15 · Issue 1 · March/April 2005 - by Douglas G. Smith, MD - Age is a major factor in recovery and rehabilitation following any amputation, but its significance ...continue.
