Pain and pain-related interference in adults with lower-limb amputation: Comparison of knee-disarticulation, transtibial, and transfemoral surgical sites

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 963-972

  Behr, James ^a   Friedly, Janna ^a   Molton, Ivan ^a   Morgenroth, David ^a   Jensen, Mark P ^a   Smith, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Knee disarticulation; Knee disarticulationamputation; LEAP; Matched case design; Pain; Pain related interference; Phantom limb pain; Prosthesis use; Residual limb pain

Indexed keywords

BACK PAIN; CHI-SQUARE STATISTICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL SAMPLE; EFFECT SIZE; LONG-TERM OUTCOME; LOWER-LIMB AMPUTATIONS; ON TIME; PHYSICAL FUNCTION; RESIDUAL LIMB; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURVEY DATA; TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTATION;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GANGRENE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; KNEE AMPUTATION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; LEG PAIN; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTATION; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION STUMPS; BACK PAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISARTICULATION; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHANTOM LIMB; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TIBIA;

EID: 75749156672     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2008.07.0085     Document Type: Article

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