Early outpatient prosthetic fitting / Rehabilitation as an alternative for lower limb amputees in Slovenia

english

2008

volume 7, supl. 3

Univerzitetni rehabilitacijski inštitut RS – Soča
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

The model of outpatient prosthetic fitting/rehabilitation as an alternative to classic stationary model is presented in this article. Increasing number of lower limb amputees in elderly initiated the idea of outpatient prosthetic fitting/rehabilitation as a complementary method to classic stationary rehabilitation in the National Rehabilitation Institute in Ljubljana. The model consisted of delayed immediate prosthetic fitting with Pneumatic Walking Aid during the hospital stay, prosthetic rehabilitation in our outpatient unit, followed by fitting the temporary prosthesis by the mobile prosthetic team from the National Rehabilitation Institute, continuing prosthetic rehabilitation in our outpatient unit and final application of permanent prosthesis by the mobile prosthetic team. Prospective study of outpatient prosthetic fitting/rehabilitation in 2004, including 66 lower limb amputees proved, that outpatient model of prosthetic fitting and rehabilitation in selected population could be as effective as the classical stationary model and thus represents a possible alternative.

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