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Amputations and Prosthetics: A Case Study Approach by Bella J. May
This guide for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant students uses clinical case studies to prepare them for working with individuals with amputations. Topics include, for example, the diabetic foot, postsurgical management, prosthetic components, lower and upper limb amputations, psychosocial issues, and working with children with amputations. Black-and-white photographs show people using their prostheses and illustrate their proper fitting. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Atlas of Amputations and Limb Deficiencies: Surgical, Prosthetic, and Rehabilitation
Principles by Douglas G. Smith (Editor), John H. Bowker, Douglas G. Smith, Staff of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, John H. Bowker (Editor)
The third volume of this essential reference contains new chapters on amputee care in wartime, the role of the Krukenberg procedure in developing countries, the rise of the amputee consumer movement, sports and recreation for amputees, osseointegration, transplantation, and partial foot amputation surgery. Many of the 79 chapters concern the use of prosthetics and orthotics, and the process of rehabilitation. The causes leading to amputation and the history of the procedure are the subjects of the first chapters. The remaining chapters are grouped into the main subjects of upper limb, lower limb, management issues, and pediatrics. The contributors include specialists in prosthetics, orthotics, psychology, psychiatry, surgery, and orthopedics in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, India, and Europe. Annotation ?2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Therapy for amputees 3rd Ed. 1999
ENGSTROM
Therapy for Amputees is a book for ALL those who work with amputees. Written by a multidisciplinary team for a multidisciplinary readership, the book addresses all aspects of care and rehabilitation for this group of clients. The approach of the book is practical and easy to follow making it appropriate for use by the amputees themselves and those caring for them at home. It addresses the day to day problems of rehabilitation therapists and their clients in a practical way and considers the provision of care and rehabilitation for amputees as it is managed today. Originally published under the title Physiotherapy for Amputees - the Roehampton Approach this new edition takes a broad team approach to this area of rehabilitation which reflects current practice. It acknowledges that the majority of clients now receive rehabilitation therapy in the general hospital setting or at home in the community.
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Manual for above-knee (trans-femoral) amputees. Muilenburg, A & Wilson, B. (1996)
Includes information on the post-surgical period, fitting the prosthesis, and care of the stump. Definitions of terms are given.
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Terry Fox: His Story (Revised) (Paperback)
by Leslie Scrivener (Author)
Terry Fox, the one-legged runner from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, made an indelible impression upon people across Canada and around the world. An outstanding athlete with a stubborn and competitive spirit, he lost his leg to cancer at 19, but said “nobody is ever going to call me a quitter.”
On April 12, 1980, Terry Fox set out from St. John’s, Newfoundland to begin the run across Canada that he named the Marathon of Hope. His ambition was to raise a million dollars for cancer research. It wasn’t easy. Initial support from communities varied from terrific to nothing at all. His prosthetic leg was painful to run on, and there were always traffic and extreme weather conditions to deal with. But, by the time he reached Ontario – a journey of more than 3,000 kilometres – word of his achievement had spread, and thousands cheered him and followed his progress. Terry’s spirits soared, and now he hoped to raise $22 million dollars – one dollar for every Canadian. He succeeded in this ambition, but the Marathon of Hope ended near Thunder Bay, Ontario on September 1, 1980. The cancer had spread to his lungs, and, after running 24 miles in one day, on the next he could run no further.
When cancer finally claimed his life in 1981, Canada mourned the loss of a hero, but the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope lives on. The Terry Fox Foundation raised more than $17 million in 1999, and support for the event nationally and around the world is growing.
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