Guide to the assessment of percentage "impairment" of the back, neck and pelvis. Australasian College of Rehabilitation Medicine.
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Biomedical subjects
L E Jones
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The care of the limb deficient child in Australia.
The incidence of limb deficiency is given as is the prevalence of prosthetic use in Australia. The organisation of clinics and the Free Limb Scheme is described and its effects discussed.
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Prosthetic limb use in Australia 1981-1985 under the Free Limb Scheme.
A study has been made of data on 19,421 prosthetic limbs prescribed for 12,143 Australians under the Free Limb Scheme in the years 1981-1985. These prostheses consisted of 18,119 legs and 1,302 arms. The mean age of the lower limb prosthesis user was 52.8 and the upper limb prosthesis user 31.3 years. Males outnumbered females by 3 to 1 in the upper limb prosthesis users, and 2.8 to 1 with lower limb prosthesis users. Below-knee prostheses, patellar-tendon-bearing and thigh-lacing prostheses, made up 58.7% of all prostheses prescribed in the time span. Below-elbow prostheses were the commonest upper limb prostheses with children being the most frequent users. Comparisons with other studies of large number of prosthesis users show an older mean age in Australia and more below-knee prosthesis users than in American studies.
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Stroke rehabilitation: a community setting.
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Lower limb amputation in three Australian states.
A study has been made of lower limb amputation statistics from morbidity data from the State Health Departments in New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia. The incidence of lower limb amputation in these three States was 22.6 in 1981, 22.5 in 1983, and 23.6 in 1984. Incidence was lowest in New South Wales and highest in Western Australia. Below-knee amputation was more common than above-knee except in Western Australia in the years 1981 and 1983. Males had slightly more amputations than females. Incidence increased steadily with age, rising rapidly after 55 years. Vascular disease was the most common cause of major amputation. Of malignancies, skin cancers, both malignant melanoma and other forms, were causes of major and minor amputations in addition to bone malignancies. These three Australian States have a lower incidence of amputation than the United Kingdom or Finland.
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Rehabilitation after a letter-bomb attack causing bilateral hand loss and other injuries: case report.
The rehabilitation of patients after terrorist attacks has received scant attention in the literature. A case is reported of a patient injured in a letter-bomb explosion; his injuries were bilateral hand loss, loss of one eye, and perforated ear-drums. The successful rehabilitation of this patient to normal work in 8 months is described. A rehabilitation plan for management of similar patients is given.
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