Identifying successful outcomes and important factors to consider in upper limb amputation rehabilitation: An international web-based Delphi survey

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1726-1733

  NiMhurchadha, Sinead ^a,b   Gallagher, Pamela ^a,b   MacLachlan, Malcolm ^b,c   Wegener, Stephen T ^d  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b Dublin Psychoprosthetics Group   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Body image; Prostheses; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARM; ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84883713466     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.751138     Document Type: Article

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