Taking Charge of the Lower Limb Amputee Patient: Evaluation Measures, Scales, and the Clinical Approach

Abstract

A patient-centric, interdisciplinary approach is mandatory for amputee rehabilitation. Team should integrate physicians, nurses, physical, and occupational therapists, prosthetists, psychologists, and dieticians with the objective to regain function and independence to the amputee. Patients and family members must take an active role in the process and are consulted in decisions about therapeutic and prosthetic options [1].