Quality of life among veterans with war-related unilateral lower extremity amputation: A long-term survey in a prosthesis center in Iran

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 525-530

  Taghipour, Hamidreza ^a   Moharamzad, Yashar ^a   Mafi, Ahmad R ^a   Amini, Arash ^a   Naghizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Soroush, Mohammad Reza ^b   Namavari, Abed ^c  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b JANBAZAN MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER JMERC   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Iran Iraq War; Lower extremity amputation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTER; VETERAN;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949085137     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181a10241     Document Type: Article

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