Lower limb loss rehabilitation
Total duration: 3 h. 24 m.
After completing this course, you will understand what a person who has lost an upper limb feels. Lecturers explain what to do immediately after amputation while still in the hospital, how to prepare the stump for prosthetic fitting, how to determine the patient's abilities and teach them how to use a prosthesis for both unilateral and bilateral amputations.
Course program:
Total duration: 10 m.
Understanding Upper Limb Loss
Total duration: 17 m.
Postoperative examination and stump shaping (part 1)
Total duration: 18 m.
Postoperative examination and stump shaping (part 2)
Total duration: 15 m.
Pre-prosthetic rehabilitation: unilateral
Total duration: 30 m.
Pre-prosthetic rehabilitation: bilateral
Total duration: 26 m.
Assessment of Patient Abilities and Determining Prosthetic Needs
Total duration: 15 m.
Prosthetic Training: Unilateral
Total duration: 24 m.
Performing Activities of Daily Living and Returning to Professional Activity