Lower limb amputation [electronic resource] : a guide to living a quality life / Adrian Cristian.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cristian, Adrian, 1964-
Language:English
Published: New York : Demos Medical Pub., c2006.
Subjects:
Leg > Amputation > Popular works.
Genre:
Popular works.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2006 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2006 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Lower Limb Amputation: A Guide to Living a Quality Life
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The causes of lower limb amputation
  • Prevention of additional amputations
  • Amputation surgery
  • The early post-surgical period of recovery
  • The rehabilitation unit and the "rehab" team
  • The prosthesis
  • Walking with a prosthesis
  • Returning home with a prosthesis
  • Problems commonly encountered by lower limb amputees
  • Follow-up visits to the rehabilitation clinic
  • The older, frail amputee
  • The bilateral amputee
  • The child with an amputation
  • Sports and the lower limb amputee
  • Coping with the loss of a limb.