Accelerated interest and activity in all rehabilitation problems and espe­ cially in rehabilitation of amputees is one of the remarkable phenomena of post-war medicine in our country. Great strides have been made in res­ toration of function and increasing opportunities for amelioration of eco­ nomic and social problems, especially in special centers for rehabilitation. The vast majority of civ...

The devastating earthquake in Sichuan, China on 12 May 2008 left thousands of survivors requiring medical care and intensive rehabilitation. In view of this great demand, the Chinese Speaking Orthopaedic Society established the "Stand Tall" project to provide voluntary services to aid amputee victims in achieving total rehabilitation and social integration. This case report highlights the multi...

I describe the refashioning of a sense of self and identity of a junior officer in the U.S. Army who was injured in Iraq. Ethnographic data for this article were collected between July 2006 and January 2008. The setting for this article is the U.S. Armed Forces Amputee Patient Care Program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Two models of rehabilitation are contrasted in the rehabilitation prog...

Defining the role of the U.S. Army Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Assistance Team in reconstruction operations was a key component of this first of its kind Army Medical Department (AMEDD) mission in a combat theater of operations. In the tradition of civil-military operations, a five-man team trained 11 Iraqi rehabilitation and prosthetic providers on best clinical, technical, and business prac...

Since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, over 541 clients with major limb amputations have been seen in the Military Healthcare System. As a result of the nature and severity of injuries and the prevalence of concomitant injuries seen in this population, amputee care has become a specialized type of rehabilitative care at Walter Reed and Brooke Army Medical...

Every sincere practitioner in the field of prosthetics has moments of deep satisfaction when his services fulfill a human need and are favorably received. When an amputee is successfully fitted, memories of difficult problems dissolve, periods of anxiety-soaked stress are transformed in the mind and acquire a halo of adventure. A successful conclusion to a difficult case invigorates the clinic ...

Researchers in physical medicine and rehabilitation require access to information regarding possible interventions and programs, available services and technology, research (published, unpublished and in progress), statistics on incidence, prevalence and expected recovery, and funding sources. This paper provides an overview to the most readily available sources of information, including 16 abs...

OBJECTIVES To describe indicators of job dissatisfaction among amputee employees and to compare job satisfaction and health experience of working amputee employees with that of control subjects. DESIGN A cross-sectional study, mailed questionnaire. SETTING Patients were recruited by the orthopedic workshops of the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS One hundred forty-four patients who had an acquir...