| Summary: | The aim of this paper is to identify the influence of the Physical Therapy on patient’s self-sufficiency following the amputation of legs, during the stages of rehabilitation, and a Health Recovering Treatment. There were 30 patients (23 men and 7 women) who participated in this experiment. All the participants where the patients who came back for the Health Recovering Treatment (first time for a definitive prosthetic after the temporary prosthesis) following the amputation of one leg either in a level of thigh, or shin. The average age of male participants was 61 year, while average age of female participants – 68 year.
The patient’s abilities to be self-dependant and to take care of himself were analysed while using the Bartel Index. The testees were examined in the early stage of rehabilitation (the preparation for prosthetic and the adaptability of temporary prosthesis), and in the final stage of rehabilitation (30 after starting an experiment); also in the early stage of the Health Recovering Treatment (first time definitive prosthesis was applied after temporary prosthesis), and in the final stage of the Health Recovering Treatment (24 days later).
During the rehabilitation stage the patients’ self-sufficiency improved starting from almost complete dependence to an average dependence (by 20,34 points), and during the Health Recovering Treatment stage it improved from average dependence to a little dependence (by 21,40 points).
The improvement in walking on a smooth... [to full text]
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