Older amputees can attain good outcomes more easily than they used to, thanks to cutting-edge technology and modern clinical practices.
Tag: aging with limb loss
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How Well Can Older Amputees Adapt to Prostheses?
A new paper strongly suggests that medical clinicians (not prosthetists) are systematically underestimating senior amputees' capacity to walk with prosthetic legs.
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Aging Gracefully as an Amputee
At age 55, Lorie Tensen has been an amputee for 40+ years. She's making plans for many more years of healthy, happy living as a senior amputee citizen.
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Change of Course
Septuagenarian strives for independence after amputation