Prognostic Differences for Functional Recovery After Major Lower Limb Amputation: Effects of the Timing and Type of Inpatient Rehabilitation Services in the Veterans Health Administration

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Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 232-243

  Stineman, Margaret G ^a   Kwong, Pui L ^a   Xie, Dawei ^a   Kurichi, Jibby E ^a   Ripley, Diane Cowper ^b   Brooks, David M ^a   Bidelspach, Douglas E ^b   Bates, Barbara E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEG AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PARALYSIS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AMPUTATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951947556     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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