Amputee Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinic

The following outpatient services work in collaboration to support people who have experienced limb loss to maintain mobility, independence and quality of life.

Multidisciplinary clinic

Our multidisciplinary clinic team advises patients, carers and healthcare providers on amputation-related issues. These include:

• pre-amputation consultations
• education about amputation and prosthesis options
• assessing suitability for a prosthesis
• assessing and managing pain, swelling, limb health and other conditions that may affect rehabilitation and prosthesis use
• ongoing review and support to maintain the best possible function, with or without a prosthesis.

Appointments can be in-person, via phone or telehealth depending on the nature of the appointment.

Prosthetics

People who are both eligible for prosthesis funding and deemed suitable for a prosthesis at the Fiona Stanley Hospital multidisciplinary clinic are provided with their first limb (interim prosthesis) at the State Rehabilitation Service.

Our clinic prosthetists are allied health professionals who assess, design, fit and adjust interim prostheses.

The statewide Western Australian Limb Service for Amputees (WALSA) (external site) provides funding for essential prostheses to eligible residents of Western Australia (WA), under the State Government’s Artificial Limb Scheme. Read more about this funding (external site).

Ongoing prosthetic treatment is provided by private prosthetic clinics under a variety of funding schemes.

Physiotherapy

Our outpatient clinic physiotherapist supports people who have just received an interim prosthesis to maximise their independence and participation in daily activities. This can include:

• assessing mobility, strength, balance and prosthesis use
• provide exercise programs, walking retraining and pain management advice.

People who have not yet received a prosthesis should be referred to their local site for outpatient physiotherapy services.