Prevalence of comorbidity and its association with demographic and clinical characteristics in persons wearing a prosthesis after a lower-limb amputation.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of comorbidity and its relationship with demographic and clinical characteristics in persons wearing a prosthesis after lower-limb amputation.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Subjects/patients: Persons wearing a prosthesis after lower-limb amputation (n = 171; mean age 65 years (standard deviation 12); 72% men) at the end of outpatient rehabilitation treatment.

Perceived independence and limitations in rising and sitting down after rehabilitation for a lower-limb amputation.

Objective: To study perceived independence in rising and perceived limitations in rising and sitting down in persons after a lower-limb amputation and the relationship of these perceptions with personal and clinical characteristics.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Subjects/patients: Persons with a lower-limb amputation wearing a prosthesis (n = 172).

Rehabilitation in skilled nursing centres for elderly people with lower limb amputations: a mixed-methods, descriptive study.

Objectives: To describe the current set-up, barriers and potential for providing rehabilitation to people with lower limb amputation in skilled nursing centres.

Design: Survey and interviews.

Subjects/participants: Elderly care physicians, physiotherapists.

Prosthetic fitting in a patient with a transtibial amputation due to a congenital vascular malformation of the right leg.

Background: The problems of prescribing a prosthesis for a young girl with severe congenital vascular malformation deformity leading to a transtibial amputation.

Case Description And Methods: Due to the high risk of recurrent bleeding and limitations regarding full weight bearing of the stump, a normal socket fitting process was not possible. Using a multidisciplinary approach, a prosthesis was designed to enable full weight bearing in a flexed knee position with ischial tuberosity support to prevent full weight bearing on the tibial part of the stump.

Climbing stairs after outpatient rehabilitation for a lower-limb amputation.

Objective: To study the necessity and ability to climb stairs in persons after a lower-limb amputation (LLA) and the relation of this ability with personal and clinical variables.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Outpatient department of a rehabilitation center.

Lower limb amputation in Northern Netherlands: unchanged incidence from 1991-1992 to 2003-2004.

Background: Investigating population changes gives insight into effectiveness and need for prevention and rehabilitation services. Incidence rates of amputation are highly varied, making it difficult to meaningfully compare rates between studies and regions or to compare changes over time.

Study Design: Historical cohort study of transtibial amputation, knee disarticulation, and transfemoral amputations resulting from vascular disease or infection, with/without diabetes, in 2003-2004, in the three Northern provinces of the Netherlands.

Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the walking questionnaire in people with a lower limb amputation.

Objective: To investigate the construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Walking Questionnaire, a patient-reported measure of activity limitations in walking in people with a lower limb amputation.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Outpatient department of a rehabilitation center.

Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the questionnaire rising and sitting down in lower-limb amputees.

Objective: To investigate the construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Questionnaire Rising and Sitting Down (QR&S), a patient-reported measure of activity limitations in rising and sitting down, in lower-limb amputees.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Outpatient department of a rehabilitation center.

Mobility in elderly people with a lower limb amputation: a systematic review.

Elderly people with a lower limb amputation impose a heavy burden on health resources, requiring extensive rehabilitation and long term care. Mobility is key to regaining independence; however, the impact of multiple comorbidities in this patient group can make regaining mobility a particularly challenging task. An evidence-based prognosis for mobility is needed for rehabilitation and long term care planning.

Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the climbing stairs questionnaire in lower-limb amputees.

Objective: To investigate the construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Climbing Stairs Questionnaire, a patient-reported measure of activity limitations in climbing stairs, in lower-limb amputees.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting: Outpatient department of a rehabilitation center.