Clinical Trial: LASER Pilot Project
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Acquired Absence of Lower Limb
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: The LASER Pilot Project: Laser Therapy in Amputee Skin Care to Enhance Rehabilitation. A Preliminary InvestigationA
Brief Summary:
Veterans who use prosthetic limbs commonly suffer from skin problems such as scars that create discomfort and pain to the point that wearing the prosthesis is no longer tolerable.The Veteran must then discontinue prosthetic use to allow healing prior to wearing the limb again.Current treatments for skin problems include manual scar mobilization and massage, stretching, desensitization techniques, pain medication, prosthetic adjustment, steroid injection, scar excision and others.Most of these have not proven to be…
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