Disability and quality of life in canadian aboriginal and non-aboriginal diabetic lower-extremity amputees

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1594-1602

  Meatherall, Bonnie L ^a   Garrett, Mark R ^a   Kaufert, Joseph ^a   Martin, Bruce D ^a   Fricke, Monica W ^a   Arneja, Amarjit S ^a   Duerksen, Frank ^a   Koulack, Joshua ^a   Fong, Hank M ^a   Simonsen, J Neil ^b   Nicolle, Lindsay E ^a   Trepman, Elly ^a   Embil, John M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Public Health Agency of Canada   (Canada)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetes mellitus; Indians, North American; Rehabilitation; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WALKING AID;

EID: 23644434126     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.11.026     Document Type: Article

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