Prosthetic fitting, use, and satisfaction following lower-limb amputation: A prospective study

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1493-1504

  Webster, Joseph B ^a,b   Hakimi, Kevin N ^a,b   Williams, Rhonda M ^a,b   Turner, Aaron P ^a,b   Norvell, Daniel C ^c   Czerniecki, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

^c Spectrum Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Amputation; Gait; Prosthesis; Prosthetic fitting; Rehabilitation; Satisfaction; Transfemoral amputation; Transmetatarsal amputation; Transtibial amputation

Indexed keywords

AMBULATION; AMPUTATION; GAIT; SATISFACTION; TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTATION; TRANSMETATARSAL AMPUTATION; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTATION;

DIAGNOSIS; DIALYSIS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROSTHETICS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ABOVE KNEE PROSTHESIS; ADULT; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84874351185     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2012.01.0001     Document Type: Article

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