PDF-(EBOOK)-Amputation, Prosthesis Use, and Phantom Limb Pain: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

The main objective in the rehabilitation of people following amputation is to restore or improve their functioning which includes their return to work Fulltime employment leads to beneficial health effects and being healthy leads to increased chances of fulltime employment Ross and Mirowskay 1995 Employment of disabled people enhances their selfesteem and reduces social isolation Dougherty 1999 The importance of returning to work for people following amputation the fore has to be considered Perhaps the first article about reemployment and problems people may have at work after amputation was published in 1955 Boynton 1955 In later years there have been sporadic studies on this topic Greater interest and more studies about returning to work and problems people have at work following amputation arose in the 1990s and has continued in recent years Burger and Marinc ek 2007 These studies were conducted in different countries on all the five continents the greatest number being carried out in Europe mainly in the Netherlands and the UK Burger and Marinc ek 2007 Owing to the different functions of our lower and upper limbs people with lower limb amputations have different activity limitations and participation restrictions compared to people with upper limb amputations Both have problems with driving and carrying objects People with lower limb amputations also have problems standing walking running kicking turning and stamping whereas people with upper limb amputations have problems grasping lifting pushing pulling writing typing and pounding Giridhar et al 2001. Erica . Liggins. Lucas Smith. An amputation usually refers to the removal of the whole or part of an arm/hand or a leg/foot. Either by surgery or accident. . Congenital amputation: is being born without a limb. . Introduction. Fall 2014. Earliest amputation recorded by Herodotus, Greek historian, . 480 BC. Persian soldier . Hegesistratus. arrested by Spartans, facing torture and execution, one foot in stocks, cut off foot to escape, later obtained a prosthetic (wooden) foot. Current Theories and Evidence Based Treatments. Christopher V Boudakian, DO PGY-4. Rusk Rehabilitation. NYU . Langone. Medical Center. Objectives. Identify the definition and characteristics of phantom pain. Definition. Phantom pain is pain that feels like it's coming from a body part that's no longer there. Doctors once believed this post-amputation phenomenon was a psychological problem, but experts now recognize that these real sensations originate in the spinal cord and brain.. Lauren Hawkins, OTS & Jennifer . T. om, OTS. Touro University Nevada. Purpose. . Outline the role occupational therapy in lower extremity amputation care. Provide evidence-based occupational therapy practice . operations. The art and skill of . orthopaedic. surgery is . directed not . simply to reshaping or constructing a . particular arrangement . of parts but to restoring . function to . the whole. .. (LIFE IS MOVEMENT AND MOVEMENT IS LIFE). Objectives. To explore related definitions and statistics, causes, and types of amputations. To learn preoperative and postoperative nursing interventions . To discuss possible complications and their prevention. Dr. Osama Neyaz . Assistant Professor . Department of PMR. AMPUTATION. Definition . Causes . Levels. Pre-surgical management . . Surgical Procedure . Postop management . Complications . Residual limb Assessment . orthopaedic. surgery is . directed not . simply to reshaping or constructing a . particular arrangement . of parts but to restoring . function to . the whole. .. (LIFE IS MOVEMENT AND MOVEMENT IS LIFE). Assist. . Prof.. , PMR. 28/03/2019. Prosthesis. An . artificial . substitute. replace . the lost part of the . body. appearance . and . function. Objectives . of LL . prosthesis. Transfer body weight. dnr. . 2019-05943).. Background. We have successfully developed an interface that allows . upper limb. . prostheses. to connect with user’s nerves, muscles and skeleton, which considerably improves control and provides sensory feedback. We are now developing a similar technology for prosthetic legs, but we first need to evaluate the algorithms to control the prosthetic leg. . Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) is a condition in which people generally desire amputation of healthy limbs but can also desire paralysis, blindness, Body Integrity Identity Disorder, superio By JOSIP SULENTIC . Pain theory. Phantom Sensation . Any sensory phenomenon that is felt in the absent limb or a portion of it.. Up to 98% of amputees feel phantom sensation following an amputation. Phantom sensation is felt by spinal cord injuries, amputees (. . amputation. Z. . Rozkydal. I. Müller. Physiotherapy. . after. . amputation. Management . for. . amputees. : . Prescription. Prosthetic. . fabrication. Rehabilitation. . Pain. management. Social.