Evaluation of prosthetic usage in upper limb amputees

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-63

  Dudkiewicz, I ^a,b   Gabrielov, R ^a,b   Seiv Ner, I ^a,b   Zelig, G ^a,b   Heim, M ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HAND AMPUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHANTOM LIMB; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0742306402     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280410001645094     Document Type: Article

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