[Ballistic injury, decaying wounds: the nurse at the heart of the long rehabilitation process].

Ballistic injuries are disabling. Its functional impact is determined by its trajectory. Whether the injury affects a limb that could jeopardize its preservation, visceral lesions or craniocerebral and vertebro-medullary wounds, the nurse is at the heart of multidisciplinary care to limit and compensate for the after-effects.

[Severe burns, a long journey of care and rehabilitation].

At the patient's bedside 24 hours a day, the nurse is at the heart of the rehabilitation management of the severely burnt patient: installation, technical dressings, supervision of postures and placement of compressors, to limit the functional consequences to the type of retractable and hypertrophic scars. The nurse takes care of the patient in this long journey leading to social reintegration; from accompaniment to autonomy and acceptance of self-image.

Microprocessor prosthetic ankles: comparative biomechanical evaluation of people with transtibial traumatic amputation during standing on level ground and slope.

Background: The compensations occurrence due to the alteration of the posture and the gait of persons with lower limb amputation is still an issue in prosthetic fitting. Recently, prosthetic feet designed to reproduce the physiological behaviour of the ankle using a microprocessor control have been commercialized to address this issue.

Objectives: Investigate the relevance of these microprocessor prosthetic ankles (MPAs) in the ability of standing on both level and inclined surfaces.

Spinopelvic sagittal alignment of patients with transfemoral amputation.

Purpose: This study aims to describe the spinopelvic sagittal alignment in transfemoral amputees (TFAs) from a radiologic study of the spine with a postural approach to better understand the high prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in this population.

Methods: TFAs underwent X-rays with 3-D reconstructions of the full spine and pelvis. Sagittal parameters were analyzed and compared to the literature.

[The nurse and the reconstruction of military casualties through sport].

Soldiers are confronted with physical and mental injuries which constitute a social trauma. The French army has put in place tools, notably sports courses, to favour resilience and the reintegration of casualties. Nurses and nurse assistants working in physical medicine and rehabilitation and psychiatry, play a key role using their skills to support this scheme which runs outside the hospital setting.

[Rehabilitation after a war injury].

Rehabilitation after a war injury. Combat wounds can be the cause of serious physical and mental trauma. Injuries caused by the explosion of improvised devices are responsible for multiple penetrating injuries, limb amputations, brain or spinal-cord injuries, and sometimes severe burns.

[Amputation, a multidisciplinary treatment].

With more than 8000 new amputees each year in France, mostly as a result of a trauma or vascular problem, the challenges are both surgical and technological. The success of the rehabilitation and readjustment of the patient is the fruit of multidisciplinary care.