Aquatic Therapy for Amputees
Aquatic Therapy for Amputees: Diving in to Rehabilitation, Exercise, and Recreation Hannah Zimmer, SPT University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill DPT Capstone Project 2021 Background & Statement of Need The purpose of this project is to create an … Read more
Considerations to Guide Clinical Decision Making in the Management of Amputees in Acute Care: A Pre-Clinical Learning Module for DPT Students
Considerations to Guide Clinical Decision Making in the Management of Amputees in Acute Care: A Pre-Clinical Learning Module for DPT Students By Terra D. Osmon, SPT ♦ Background I was initially exposed to working with amputee patients while in my … Read more
Non-Prosthetic Balance, Gait, and Exercise for Acute post-LLA Patients
My DPT Capstone project involved the creation of a website to provide information on formal balance testing, home exercise programs, and some “how-to” videos for patients who are in the acute phase, or pre-prosthetic phase, after a lower-limb amputation. The … Read more
Osteoarthritis in the Intact Limb of Lower Extremity Amputees
Osteoarthritis in the Intact Limb of Lower Extremity Amputees M. Taylor Reed 1 Overview At present, there are 1.7 million individuals in the United States living with an amputation.2 There are another 185,000 amputations that occur every year with more … Read more