Prognostic factors in prosthetic rehabilitation of bilateral dysvascular above-knee amputee: Is the stump condition an influencing factor?

Europa Medicophysica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Traballesi, M ^a   Porcacchia, P ^a   Averna, T ^a   Angioni, C ^a   Lubich, S ^a   Di Meo, F ^a   Brunelli, S ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amputation stumps; Amputees; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEG; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING;

EID: 34249692504     PISSN: 00142573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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