Early effects of a microprocessor-controlled knee joint on functional mobility and user satisfaction in Veterans with limb loss

Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the effects of a polycentric microprocessor-controlled knee joint on functional mobility and user satisfaction. Design: Before–after pilot trial. …

Features of dental orthopedic morbidity of military personnel demobilized from military service. Literature review

Abstract: Introduction. Military personnel demobilized from military service, having completed their work in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, return to life …

Becoming whole again: How prosthetics shape the human experience

Abstract: As long as humans have existed, the possibility of limb loss has accompanied them. Absent the ability to grow these appendages back, a person was left stricken for …

Rehabilitation Lessons from a Decade of Conflict

Abstract: Blast causes severe and complex injury patterns and significant rehabilitation challenges. By 2011/12, the peak of the Afghanistan conflict, complex trauma admissions …

Improving Clinical Care for Veteran Trans-Femoral Amputees

Abstract: The rehabilitation pathway for Britain’s Above Knee Amputee Veterans needs to change. The NHS and its staff do their best for the cohort of 160 operationally-wounded …

A Better Deal for Military Amputees

Abstract: Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have generated a sharp increase in the number of amputees who will leave the Armed Forces up to 2020. In addition, commitments made by …

Prosthesis and Wheelchair use in Veterans with Lower-Limb Amputation

Abstract: We determined the demographic, health, functional, and satisfaction factors related to lower-limb prosthesis or wheelchair use among veterans with lower-limb amputation. …