Early fitting of artificial limbs to amputated lower limbs

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 393-395

  Maertens De Noordhout, B ^a   Pirnay, L ^a   De Brogniez, A ^a  

^a Centre Neurologique et de Readaptation Fonctionelle   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amputation; Prosthesis; Prosthetic early fitting; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION STUMP; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 4644293795     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2004.11679580     Document Type: Review

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