Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY
https://www.burke.org Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, a member of the Montefiore Hospital System is a 150-bed rehabilitation hospital located in White Plains, …
How to Locate Resources in Your Area
Created 3/2022 –
The National Limb Loss Resource Center® (NLLRC) is dedicated to helping those living with limb loss or limb difference, their families, and caregivers connect with resources at the national, state, and local levels.
Higher Challenges – The Hip Disarticulation and Transpelvic Amputation Levels, Part 3
Volume 15 · Issue 1 · May/June 2005 –
by Douglas G. Smith, MD –
In discussing amputations of the lower limb, we’ve noted that each level has its own specific characteristics and challenges. The higher we move up the leg, the more joints are affected. A transtibial amputation involves the loss of the foot and one major joint, the ankle, while the transfemoral amputation involves the loss of two major joints, the knee and the ankle. Because transfemoral amputees are learning to cope with the loss of two major weight-bearing joints while transtibial amputees are learning to cope with the loss of only one, transfemoral amputees face more challenges learning to use a prosthesis and learning to walk again.
Happy New Year!
As we begin 2022, the Amputee Coalition Government Relations Team would like to share our 2022 legislative priorities. The first …
Amputee Coalition Research Article Published in Notable Orthopedics Journal
The research article, “Living Well After Amputation: Lessons in Peer Support, and Health Policy,” was published in the December …
Year-End Giving
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Golisano Restorative Neurology & Rehabilitation Center, Rochester, NY
rochesterregional.org Golisano Restorative Neurology & Rehabilitation Center is a 25 bed CARF (Commission of Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) accredited inpatient …
How Our Donors Make an Impact
“Living is what counts – the leg wasn’t critical after all,” said Tom Coakley as he spoke in 2020 to …