Successful prosthetic fitting of a 73-year-old Hip disarticulation amputee patient with cardiopulmonary disease

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 585-588

  McAnelly, Robert D ^a,b   Refaeian, Manouchehr ^a   O'Connell, Dennis G ^c   Powell, Gregory D ^d   Walsh, Nicolas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Rehabilitative Medicine Service   (United States)

^c HARDIN SIMMONS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031920242     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90078-8     Document Type: Article

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