[The physical work capacity of disabled patients following amputation of the extremities]

The examination was performed of 125 invalids. Fifty-five of them underwent amputation of the upper limbs, seventy--of the lower limbs. Reduction of physical performance turned out dependent on body mass loss that is level of the amputation. The authors developed motor regimens, permissible exercise loads, criteria of the follow-up check-ups for the handicapped with various levels of limb amputation.