Rehabilitation outcome of post-acute lower limb geriatric amputees

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 221-227

  Hershkovitz, Avital ^a,b   Dudkiewicz, Israel ^b,c   Brill, Shai ^a,b  

^a Beit Rivka Geriatric Rehabilitation Center   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amputees; Elderly; Lower limb; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE;

EID: 84872010022     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.690818     Document Type: Article

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