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Introduction
To understand the perception of lower limb amputees, regarding movement with prothesis, wellbeing and
perceived appearance, and to elaborate a socio-professional demographic and clinical study, to establish
patterns and relations that may help enjoy a better quality of life.
Methods
We conducted a questionnaire survey of socio-professional, demographic and clinical data of 103 lower limb
amputees, between 29th March 2018 and 9th July 2018. 74 interviewees also replied to sub-scales from the PEQPT questionnaire.
Results
The values attributed to movement, wellbeing and perceived appearance, were on average, 59.3%, 62.7% and
75.3%, respectively. A large number of patients (80.6%) stated that because of the amputation, there is an
increase in the monthly expenses and a reduction in the monthly income. The value attributed to the prosthetics
perceived appearance for males and females, was, on average, 79.32% and 65.03% respectively, this difference
being significant.
Conclusions
Our main aim was to study the perception regarding movement with prothesis; the perception regarding
wellbeing with prothesis; the perception regarding prothesis perceived appearance; to elaborate a socioprofessional, demographic and clinical analysis.In the first three points, the values attributed are good, mainly
the perceived appearance issue. In the fourth point, we can conclude that it was successfully undertaken.
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Keywords
Amputation Lower limb amputee Post-amputation employability Prothesis Transfemoral amputation Transtibial amputation
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International Organization Of Scientific Research