The diagnostic importance of exercise testing in developing appropriate rehabilitation programmes for patients following transfemoral amputation

European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-139

  Erjavec, T ^a   Presern Strukelj M ^a   Burger, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Amputation; Artificial limbs; Ergometry; Exercise test; Hip prothesis; Peripheral vascular diseases; Prosthesis fitting; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABLED PERSON; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTEES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROSTHESIS FITTING;

EID: 45749092977     PISSN: 19739087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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