Amputation is the surgical removal of the partial or complete limb. It can either be any level of lower limb or any level of the upper limb and can be as a result of the road traffic accident, railway track accident, gunshot injury, earthquakes of significant intensity and terrorism, or carried with medical reasons to improve health status [1].

  According to the National Health Interview Survey of USA, in 1996 1.2 million people were living with an amputee and 185,000 persons undergo upper or lower limb amputations each year [2].

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Citation

Citation: A Saravanamoorthy., et al. “Can Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) be practiced in Traumatic Lower Limb Amputees for balance and gait improvement?” Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 3.2 (2020): 60-61.

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