Hygiene problems of residual limb and silicone liners in transtibial amputees wearing the total surface bearing socket

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1286-1290

  Hachisuka, Kenji ^a   Nakamura, Takeshi ^a   Ohmine, Saburo ^b   Shitama, Hideo ^b   Shinkoda, Koichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amputees; Artificial limbs; Hygiene; Japan; Prostheses and implants; Rehabilitation; Skin

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODOR; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRURITUS; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SANITATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SWEATING;

EID: 0034842454     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2001.25154     Document Type: Article

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