title: Limb deficiency and prosthetic management. 2. Aging with limb loss.
abstract: This self-directed learning module highlights the issues faced by people aging with limb loss. It is part of the study guide on limb deficiency and vascular rehabilitation in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation. This article specifically focuses on the impact that limb loss has on health and physical function throughout the life span. Case examples are used to illustrate what effect limb loss in childhood or young adulthood has on the incidence and management of new impairments or disease processes commonly associated with aging.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the impact of early-life limb loss on the incidence and management of physiologic and functional changes associated with aging.
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA. vze2zn62@verizon.net
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Flood
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Toni L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Paul F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Pasquina
authors.forename: Virginia S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Phillip R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Bryant
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational