Rehabilitation of the older lower limb amputee: A brief review

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1388-1393

  Cutson, Toni M ^a,b,c   Bongiorni, Dennis R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029904591     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01415.x     Document Type: Review

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