Claimed walking distance of lower limb amputees

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 101-104

  Geertzen, Jan H B ^a   Bosmans, Joline C ^a   van der Schans, Cees P ^a   Dijkstra, Pieter U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lower limb amputee; Phanton pain; Walking

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; KNEE AMPUTATION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHANTOM PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURALGIA; PHANTOM LIMB; QUESTIONNAIRES; VASCULAR DISEASES; WALKING;

EID: 15844411301     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400009345     Document Type: Article

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