INVESTIGATING DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS IN GERIATRIC AMPUTEES
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The aim of this study was to investigate demographic characteristics in geriatric amputees. The study included total 852 geriatric amputees. Age, gender, profesion, mariatal status, cause of amputation, amputation level and side, amputated extremity number, prosthetic training period and other problems were investigated in the amputees who assessed as retrospective. It was determined that 707 (82.98 %) amputees, aged between 65 and 85 years were male. The cause of amputation was mostly periferic vascular diseases (50.46%) and secondly trauma (41.31%). It was determined that there were mostly transfemoral amputation in lower limb and secondly transhumeral amputation in upper limb. The prosthetic training period were between 3-10 weeks in geriatric amputees. This period was more long in amputees with circulation disorders. It can be concluded that the evaluating cause of amputation, amputation level, prosthetic training period and others problems are important in geriatric amputee rehabilitation
Anahtar Kelimeler
Geriatric amputee, amputee, rehabilitation, prosthetic training
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