Emotional Adaptation to Limb Loss
Individuals experience multiple changes as a result of amputation. These changes not only are physical in nature but also may include psychological, financial, and comfort changes across the spectrum of…
PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
Impact of Limb Loss in the United States
The amputee gets lost in the American health care system because of fragmentation across the continuum. The journey of the diabetic patient with limb loss through the health care system…
Amputation Surgery
The best level of amputation must take into consideration the newest socket designs, methods of prosthetic suspension, and technologically advanced components. In some instances stump revision should be considered, to…
Principles of Contemporary Amputation Rehabilitation in the United States, 2013
Providing rehabilitation services for the person with an amputation has become more difficult in today’s health care environment. Amputation rehabilitation calls for specialized, multidisciplinary rehabilitation training. In examining the principles…
Epidemiology of Limb Loss
In 2005, 1.6 million people were estimated to be living with limb loss; by 2050, the rate is expected to double to 3.6 million in the United States. Past data…
Contemporary Amputee Rehabilitation
Gregory T. Carter, MD, MS, Consulting Editor This volume is guest edited by my long-time close friend, Dr Robert H. “Skip” Meier III. I first met Dr Meier when I…
Epidural Steroid Injections for Radicular Lumbosacral Pain
Most clinical guidelines do not recommend routine use of epidural steroid injections for the management of chronic low back pain. However, many clinicians do not adhere to these guidelines. This…
Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain
Stroke is a significant source of mortality and long-term disability in the United States. Of persons who survive a stroke, approximately 50% will have hemiplegia, half of whom will live…
Cancer Pain and Current Theory for Pain Control
This article discusses current trends in managing cancer pain, with specific regard to opioid transmission, descending pathway inhabitation, and ways to facilitate the endogenous antinociceptive chemicals in the human body….
Opioid Syndrome
Treatment of chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) with high-dose opioids (HDOs) has burgeoned over the past 2 decades in the United States. Characteristic domains and features of the failed CNCP management…
