1.
Acta Chir Belg
; 104(4): 393-5, 2004 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15469149
ABSTRACT
Specific rehabilitation of patients with amputated lower limbs is first of all rehabilitation to walk with a prosthesis (artificial limb). After 20 years of practice of prosthetic early fitting for lower limbs amputees using practice prosthesis, the authors suggest that this technique is still up-to-date. The taking charge of amputated patients by a specialised team is an important element if one wants to achieve a good functional result. A rehabilitation milieu, where the new amputee is with a large number of patients with the same pathology, also constitutes a framework that is reassuring as well as stimulating and allows the patient to imagine the situation in which he/she can find himself/ herself a few weeks later.
Subject(s)
Amputation, Surgical/rehabilitation , Artificial Limbs , Leg/surgery , Humans , Prosthesis Design
2.
Acta Orthop Belg
; 54(4): 406-12, 1988.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3250193