Ghazali, Mohd Fazli and Razak, Nasrul Anuar Abd and Abu Osman, Noor Azuan and Gholizadeh, Hossein (2018) Awareness, potential factors, and post-amputation care of stump flexion contractures among transtibial amputees. Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 64 (3). pp. 268-276. ISSN 2587-0823, DOI https://doi.org/10.5606/tftrd.2018.1668.
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Objectives: This study aims to assess the level of awareness of transtibial amputee patients on stump contractures and their compliance with efforts implemented to prevent the condition. Patients and methods: This study included 50 unilateral transtibial amputees (26 males, 24 females; mean age 55.4±14.7 years; range, 18 to 78 years) who met the respondent criteria of the study. The respondents were randomly selected and were issued with a questionnaire. Results: The majority of the transtibial amputees were aware of stump contracture complications. It was found that they also preferred methods of prevention which required less effort, was cost-effective, and were also practical. Conclusion: More focus should be placed on contracture prevention methods which were most complied with by the patients. This is because the effectiveness of a prevention method is highly influenced by patients’ compliance with the method. Patients with a higher risk of developing stump contractures should be also given more attention in post-amputation care.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Awareness; knee flexion contracture; post-amputation care; stump contracture; transtibial amputee |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2019 02:15 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Aug 2019 02:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/22036 |
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