Limb Restoration Rehabilitation

International

Health Services Research

Measurement

Symposium

(626515) The State of Limb Loss Rehabilitation in the Developing World

Presenter(s)

• 

  Prateek Grover, MD, PhD, FAAPMR

  Section Chair PM&R
  Mercy Clinic Springfield community
  Springfield, Missouri
• 

  Melina Longoni, MD

  Director
  Clínica de rehabilitación Reverie - Centro de rehabilitación ReDel - Dirección de discapacidad Ituzaingó
  Tigre, Buenos Aires

While limb loss does not recognize socioeconomic status, limb loss rehabilitation is dependent upon resources available.

Limb loss rehabilitation spans the continuum from surgery to preprosthetic rehabilitation, prosthetic prescription, prosthetic rehabilitation and subsequent community participation at the prosthetic level. An argument can be made to modify limb loss rehabilitation practiced in the developed world to adapt to the developing world based upon context-specific social, economic, policy and functionality-related factors.

The aim of this symposium is to explore these factors in a few different settings across the world including India and Argentina, review current efforts, and envision a feasible rehabilitation paradigm.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the epidemiology of limb loss in the developing world and differences from the developed world
• Define prosthetic prescription and design related factors in the developing world
• Describe current limb loss rehabilitation measures in the developing world
• Discuss a context-specific structure for limb loss rehabilitation and feasibility in the developing world