Pain and disability following lower limb amputation - a quantitative and qualitative study

Pain Clinic

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-300

  McCartney, C J L ^a,c   Charles, D H M ^b   Cooper, G G ^a   Chambers, W A ^a   Smith, W C S ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amputation; Neurogenic pain; Pain; Phantom pain; Stump pain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEG AMPUTATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PHANTOM PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032772587     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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