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Amputees - Research News and Information
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
29 Sep 2008 
John Kirkup, the distinguished orthopaedic surgeon and archivist recently published a book describing the history of amputation. This annotation highlights the importance of this work and the particular relevance of many of its themes to current ... Read more...
29 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVE: To compare outcomes between lower-extremity amputees who receive and do not receive acute postoperative inpatient rehabilitation within a large integrated health care delivery system. DESIGN: An observational study using multivariable ... Read more...
29 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the utility of body mass index (BMI) and corrected-arm-muscle area (CAMA) as measures of nutritional health for lower-limb amputees attending prosthetics clinics. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Prosthetics clinic in ... Read more...
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Latest indexed articles for 'Amputees'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- A history of limb amputation. 29 Sep 2008
- With open-source arms.
29 Sep 2008 - The effectiveness of inpatient rehabilitation in the acute postoperative phase of care after transtibial or transfemoral amputation: study of an integrated health care delivery system. 29 Sep 2008
- Upper-arm anthropometry: an alternative indicator of nutritional health to body mass index in unilateral lower-extremity amputees? 29 Sep 2008
- BMD and bone geometry in transtibial and transfemoral amputees. 30 Aug 2008
- Modeling of prosthetic limb rotation control by sensing rotation of residual arm bone. 30 Aug 2008
- Flawed analyses in driving pedal reaction time study. 30 Jul 2008
- Is mirror therapy all it is cracked up to be? Current evidence and future directions. 12 Jul 2008
- Energy expenditure and activity of transfemoral amputees using mechanical and microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees. 29 Jun 2008
- Differences in gait characteristics between persons with bilateral transtibial amputations, due to peripheral vascular disease and trauma, and able-bodied ambulators. 29 Jun 2008
- Intradermal botulinum toxin type A injection effectively reduces residual limb hyperhidrosis in amputees: a case series. 29 Jun 2008
- Phantom limb pain, cortical reorganization and the therapeutic effect of mental imagery.
18 Jun 2008 - The diagnostic importance of exercise testing in developing appropriate rehabilitation programmes for patients following transfemoral amputation. 30 May 2008
- Rehabilitation setting and associated mortality and medical stability among persons with amputations. 30 May 2008
- The experience of phantom limb pain in patients with combat-related traumatic amputations. 30 May 2008
- The take-off phase in transtibial amputee high jump. 30 May 2008
- Physical activity and quality of life: A study of a lower-limb amputee population. 30 May 2008
- Functional gait analysis of trans-femoral amputees using two different single-axis prosthetic knees with hydraulic swing-phase control: Kinematic and kinetic comparison of two prosthetic knees. 30 May 2008
- A patient with donning-related stump wounds: a case report. 30 May 2008
- Predictors of quality of life among individuals who have a lower limb amputation. 30 May 2008
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Technical information about 'Amputees'
Descriptor UI: D000674
Alternative terms: Amputees; Amputee;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; rehabilitation;
Tree Number: M01.150.100;
Technical Notes: do not coord ARM (NIM) or LEG (NIM) unless specifically relevant