Functional outcomes of unilateral lower limb amputee soldiers in two districts of Sri Lanka

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-287

  Gunawardena, Nalika Sepali ^a   De Alwis Seneviratne, Rohini ^a   Athauda, Thamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SOLDIER; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33645975478     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.4.283     Document Type: Article

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