Somatosensation, circulation and stance balance in elderly dysvascular transtibial amputees

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 668-676

  Quai, Tammie M ^a   Brauer, Sandra G ^a,b   Nitz, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BALANCE DISORDER; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; STANDING; TOUCH; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTEE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIBRATION SENSE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTEES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PULSE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 24944525870     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215505cr857oa     Document Type: Article

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