Amputations: No longer the end of the road

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 271-273

  Turney, B W ^a   Kent, S J S ^a   Walker, R T ^a   Loftus, I M ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIP SURGERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034783078     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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