Walking in a vacuum-assisted socket shifts the stump fluid balance

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-113

  Goswami, J ^a   Lynn, R ^a   Street, Glenn ^a   Harlander, M ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LIMB MALFORMATION; PREDICTION; TIBIA; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; VACUUM; WALKING;

EID: 0141990703     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640308726666     Document Type: Article

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