Occupational therapy basics, prosthetics and orthotics
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · MBBS
Study notes
Below-knee amputation — prosthesis fitted; walks independently. Occupational therapy: ADL training (dressing, bathing, eating — adaptive — reachers; energy conservation), prosthetics (artificial limbs — below-knee — PTB; above-knee — quadrilateral; myoelectric — upper: fitting — alignment; gait — training), orthotics (supports — AFO — foot drop; KAFO; spinal — scoliosis; splints — resting — contracture; functional — writing), vocational (work — retraining; ergonomics). The amputee walks — prosthesis restores.