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This section builds on the journey of blast injury and the success of work to prevent and mitigate injury and the success of our clinical management of blast injuries. This short overview describes some of the factors that are discussed in the following chapters relating to long-term quality of life for survivors of blast injuries.
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- Unexpected survivors
- Long-term health
- Military amputees
- Rehabilitation
- Limb trauma
- Amputation
- Orthotics
- Prosthetics
- Bone health
- Pain
This section builds on the journey of blast injury and the success of work to prevent and mitigate injury and the success of our clinical management of blast injuries described in Parts III and IV. These approaches generated unexpected survivors who presented with complex injuries. For these people to live life to the full their long-term health needs consideration.
The section explores the personal experiences of surviving and managing severe injury from the perspectives of military amputees and the clinicians working with them to achieve their high function. The focus is on those with significant limb trauma and amputation exploring their orthotic and prosthetic considerations, rehabilitation pathways, aspects of musculoskeletal and bone health and the management of pain. It outlines ongoing issues that need to be reconciled and considers how science can help us determine the answers and to predict future problems.
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McGregor, A.H. (2022). Section Overview. In: Bull, A.M.J., Clasper, J., Mahoney, P.F. (eds) Blast Injury Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10355-1_38
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