Pain and psychosocial adjustment to lower limb amputation amongst prosthesis users

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 244-252

  Desmond, Deirdre ^a,b   Gallagher, Pamela ^b,c   Henderson Slater, David ^d   Chatfield, Rob ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Dublin Psychoprosthetics Group   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^d OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e Opcare Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amputation; Phantom limb pain; Residual limb pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PAIN; LEG PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHANTOM PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTAL MAIL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRINITY AMPUTATION AND PROSTHESIS EXPERIENCE SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHANTOM LIMB; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 46749101730     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640802067046     Document Type: Article

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