Background and objectives: Amputation is defined as an irreversible surgical act where total or partial removal of a body limb is done through one or more bones. It is said that the most frequent reasons are traumatic, oncologic and vascular. When people suffer from this type of process, they lose physical capacity which generates a decrease in their ability to ambulate and perform daily activities. The physiotherapeutic process in lower limb amputations is aimed at the recovery and functional retraining of ambulation to generate the greatest possible independence. This study aims to perform a systematic review of the literature to determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation exercises in the pre-prosthetic and prosthetic phases in lower limb amputee patients. Material and methods: A systematic review of published articles with a clinical trial study was carried out. where the information sources obtained were identified and quantified from digital databases such as: Elsevier, Google academic, Pubmed, PeDRO and Scielo; subsequently they were disfavored according to the selection criteria and qualitative information that was extracted from each of them. Results: Articles were obtained through systematic searching in the five database platforms. There were about 2,736 results, of which 8 of these articles met the established selection criteria. The results and conclusions of the included articles showed the positive effectiveness of physiotherapeutic exercises as part of the treatment in amputee patients. Conclusions: It was shown that integrating the rehabilitation area, and establishing a physiotherapeutic exercise program in the pre-prosthetic and prosthetic stages, has a positive effect on the experimental group.
