Intermediate rehabilitation outcome in below-knee amputations: Descriptive study comparing war-related with other causes of amputation

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 535-538

  Ostojic L ^a   Ostojic Z ^a   Rupcic E ^a   Punda Basic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Amputation; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Disabled persons; Patient acceptance of health care; Patient satisfaction; Physical; Prosthesis; Rehabilitation; Traumatic; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CROATIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; WAR;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034760958     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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