Use and satisfaction with prosthetic limb devices and related services

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 723-729

  Pezzin, Liliana E ^a   Dillingham, Timothy R ^a   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^b   Ephraim, Patti ^b   Rossbach, Paddy ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Amputee Coalition of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Limbs; Patient satisfaction; Prostheses and implants; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942691816     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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