Body image and self-esteem in lower-limb amputees

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Holzer, Lukas A ^a   Sevelda, Florian ^b   Fraberger, Georg ^b   Bluder, Olivia ^c   Kickinger, Wolfgang ^d   Holzer, Gerold ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Kompetenzzentrum Automobil und Industrie Elektronik Gmbh   (Austria)

^d Orthopädisches Rehabilitationszentrum SKA Zicksee ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL BODY-SELF RELATIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; NOCICEPTION; PHANTOM PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSENBERGS SELF ESTEEM QUESTIONNARE; SELF ESTEEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABLED PERSON; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHANTOM LIMB; PSYCHOLOGY; REHABILITATION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTEES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOM LIMB; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84899738979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092943     Document Type: Article

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