Prosthesis evaluation questionnaire for persons with lower limb amputations: Assessing prosthesis-related quality of life

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 931-938

  Legro, Marcia W ^a,e   Reiber, Gayle D ^a   Smith, Douglas G ^a,c,d   Del Aguila, Michael ^a   Larsen, Jerrie ^c   Boone, David ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Prosthetics Research Study   (United States)

^e MEDTAP International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG PROSTHESIS; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031870474     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90090-9     Document Type: Article

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