Rehabilitation After Amputation

Volume 91 Number 1 January 200113In the fairly recent past, patients who had undergoneamputation received artificial limbs, but found thatlittle attention was paid to Rehabilitation training orother special needs. In the last two decades, with theadvent of specialized treatment teams and betterprosthetic devices, the prospects for the amputee,old and young alike, have are performed for a variety of adults, the most frequent causes of amputationare arteriosclerotic occlusive disease and complica-tions of diabetes mellitus, followed by trauma is usually present in theelderly amputee; this may involve such conditions ashypertension, peripheral neuropathy, nicotinism, re-duced vision, balance and flexibility problems, anddeconditioning.

to remove the burden of pain and open wounds. Thus all patients should participate in a program of multidisciplinary rehabilitation care.1, 3 The goals at this stage are pain control, mainte-nance of range of motion and strength, and promo-tion of wound healing. To prepare for this stage, pa-tients should, whenever possible, be placed in a

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