Factors affecting quality of life in lower limb amputees

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-96

  Sinha, Richa ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Wim J A ^a   Arokiasamy, Perianayagam ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Lower limb amputation; Quality of life; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHANTOM PAIN; PROSTHESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHANTOM LIMB; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79959249726     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309364610397087     Document Type: Article

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