Rehabilitation aspects of amputation

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Limb amputation and prosthetic replacement have been know for centuries, both through the spoken and the written word. The large number of great wars waged in the 19th and 20th centuries made it possible for surgeons to focus their attention on improving amputation techniques. And after the Second World War, large research projects on amputation and prostheseology were started up in various countries. Furthermore, research was done on other aspects of amputation as well, like risk factors of phantom pain and phantom sensations, prevention of phantom pain, stump problems/skin problems after amputation, survival/mortality after amputation functional outcome after amputation, quality of life/subjective well-being of amputees and sexuality after amputation. Actually, from the moment the medical world started to spend time, money and interest on research, amputees have been taken more seriously and more attention has been paid to amputees' questions. Various studies on different aspects of amputation have already been performed, but from these studies, other new questions arise. This thesis has investigated and answered a number of these questions.

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