Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages 10-14, March 2006

Limb Deficiency and Prosthetic Management. 2. Aging With Limb Loss

  • Katherine M. Flood, MD

      Affiliations

    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Katherine M. Flood, MD, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, 132Y-A, University Drive C, Pittsburgh, PA 15240
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  • Mark E. Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Toni L. Roberts, DO

      Affiliations

    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Paul F. Pasquina, MD

      Affiliations

    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
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  • Virginia S. Nelson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Phillip R. Bryant, DO

      Affiliations

    • Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospitals, Allentown, PA

Abstract 

Flood KM, Huang ME, Roberts TL, Pasquina PF, Nelson VS, Bryant PR. Limb deficiency and prosthetic management. 2. Aging with limb loss.

This self-directed learning module highlights the issues faced by people aging with limb loss. It is part of the study guide on limb deficiency and vascular rehabilitation in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation. This article specifically focuses on the impact that limb loss has on health and physical function throughout the life span. Case examples are used to illustrate what effect limb loss in childhood or young adulthood has on the incidence and management of new impairments or disease processes commonly associated with aging.

Overall Article Objective

To discuss the impact of early-life limb loss on the incidence and management of physiologic and functional changes associated with aging.

Key Words:  Aging , Amputation , Artificial limbs , Complications , Outcome assessment (health care) , Rehabilitation

 

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(05)01457-7

doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2005.11.023

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages 10-14, March 2006

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