Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: August | Volume: 10 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 136-140
Challenges Faced In Rehabilitation of a Person with Quadruple Amputation Following Electrocution- A Case Report
Jaya Das1, Navin Kumar2, M. Ananda Padmanabhan3, J Prakash4, Herald Felix Xavier4
1Senior Resident, 2Additional Professor and Head, 3Prosthetist, Prosthetics Section,
4Prosthetic Technician Gr.I, Prosthetics Section,
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR), Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER, Puducherry, India – 605006
Corresponding Author: Navin Kumar
ABSTRACT
Case description and objective:This article describes the challenges faced in the rehabilitation of a person with quadruple amputation, the pre-prosthetic difficulties faced and subsequent functional improvement after prosthetic fitting and training.
Study Design: Case report
Treatment:The rehabilitation program was started with pre-prosthetic phase, comprising of physical and mental adaptation to the condition with necessary interdepartmental support with stump preparation, and then progressed to prosthetic phase, in which the patient was fitted and trained with mechanical prostheses.
Outcomes: The patient graduated from being wheelchair bound to independent ambulation without any mobility aid using all four extremities prostheses successfully.
Conclusion: The successful rehabilitation of a person with quadruple amputation with mechanical prostheses is a challenge. But with prior motivation, planned progressive training and psychosocial counselling, it can serve as an example to help such cases in a low socioeconomic country like India.
Key words: quadruple amputation, amputation rehabilitation, electrocution, prosthesis