Managing the Upper Extremity Amputee: A Protocol for Success

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-176

  Smurr, Lisa M ^a   Gulick, Kristin ^b   Yancosek, Kathleen ^c   Ganz, Oren ^c  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b Advanced Arm Dynamics   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM AMPUTATION; ARM INJURY; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LIMB AMPUTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHANTOM LIMB; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 43049085923     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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