Lower limb amputation
Prevalence and risk factors of lower limb amputation in patients with end-stage renal failure on dialysis: a systematic review
... for lower limb amputation ...of amputation in the renal failure on dialysis cohort ranged from ...for amputation in subjects with ESRF on renal ...of amputation in ESRF subjects ...
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<p>Retrospective study of cardiovascular disease risk factors among a cohort of combat veterans with lower limb amputation</p>
... a lower leg amputation; 34 these changes in body composition are likely to result in future metabolic changes and an increased risk of metabolic ...a limb. While we adjusted for below knee or above ...
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The Locomotor Capabilities Index; validity and reliability of the Swedish version in adults with lower limb amputation
... In our study men had ceiling LCI scores more often than women but there were no statistically significant differ- ences in the mean scores. In a study that analyzed predic- tors of good function after major lower ...
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Development and validation of risk prediction equations to estimate future risk of blindness and lower limb amputation in patients with diabetes: cohort study
... and amputation in men and women with diabetes have been developed and externally ...of lower limb amputation and 8063 new cases of blindness occurred during ...for amputation (D ...
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Time-related changes in quality of life in persons with lower limb amputation or spinal cord injury: protocol for a systematic review
... The primary purpose of this systematic review is to evaluate current evidence to determine the independent and combined effects of age at time of injury and time since injury on health-related quality of life in persons ...
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The experiences of people with diabetes related lower limb amputation at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana
... Objective: Lower limb amputation not only causes major disfigurement, but renders people less mobile and at risk of loss of ...diabetes-related lower limb amputa- tion at the Komfo ...
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Exploring factors influencing low back pain in people with non dysvascular lower limb amputation: a national survey
... Accepted Manuscript Exploring factors influencing low back pain in people with non-dysvascular lower limb amputation: a national survey Hemakumar Devan, PhD, Paul Hendrick, PhD, Leigh Ha[r] ...
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Prevalence and risk factors for diabetic lower limb amputation: a clinic-based case control study
... for lower limb amputation in a specialist foot clinic-based ...90.98–65.89]. Lower limb amputation was identified as a common and significant outcome (𝑛 = 44), occurring in ...
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An exploratory phenomenological study exploring the experiences of people with systemic disease who have undergone lower limb amputation and its impact on their well being
... As various factors contribute to the occurrence of depression 5,6,8,10,11,12 and its persistence over time, establishing support for people who have undergone amputation is challenging. In the UK it is customary ...
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Impact of a diabetic foot care education program on lower limb amputation rate
... The diabetic foot care program implemented at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh in 2002 is a comprehensive approach to maintaining the health of diabetic patients’ feet in order to reduce the lower limb ...
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Tactile, thermal, and electrical thresholds in patients with and without phantom limb pain after traumatic lower limb amputation
... traumatic lower limb amputation with and without phantom pain demonstrate a primary novel find- ing of significantly decreased EPT in the sound limb in the PLP ...
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Provision of Prosthetic Services Following Lower Limb Amputation in Malaysia
... of lower extremity amputations in the United States reaching ...with lower limb amputation will be prescribed a prosthesis to regain ...deficient lower or upper-limb segment’ ...
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Perineural local anaesthetic catheter after major lower limb amputation trial (PLACEMENT): study protocol for a randomised controlled pilot study
... major lower limb amputation (below or above the knee) for PAD will be recruited from two ...phantom limb pain, chronic stump pain and total healthcare ...
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Psychosocial adaptation to lower limb amputation during the year following rehabilitation : a longitudinal and qualitative analysis
... Amputation level~type 13 Factors associated with prosthetic referral: Medical comorbidities 14 Amputation Level 14 Bilateral Amputation 15 Phantom Limb Pain 17 Etiological explanations f[r] ...
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Physical and social factors determining quality of life for veterans with lower-limb amputation(s) : a systematic review
... Physical and social factors determining quality of life for veterans with lower-limb amputations: A systematic review 232 DISCUSSION 233 Summary factors that influence HRQoL 234 The iden[r] ...
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Bicycling participation in people with a lower limb amputation: a scoping review
... upper limb ampu- tation, ataxia and spinal cord injury ...upper limb am- putation, LLA and wheelchair users in which the people with a LLA could also be the wheelchair users ...
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Predictors of major lower limb amputation in type 2 diabetic patients referred for hospital care with diabetic foot syndrome
... major lower extremity amputations in type 2 diabetic patients referred for hospital care with diabetic foot ...major lower limb amputations were compared between groups using chi-square test, and ...
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Defining the gap: a systematic review of the difference in rates of diabetes-related foot complications in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-Indigenous Australians
... including lower limb amputation of any level, cellulitis, Charcot neuroarthropathy, intermittent claudication, ischaemia, necrosis, sensory, autonomic and/or motor neuropathy, peripheral arterial ...
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A review of current theories and treatments for phantom limb pain
... Although PLP has plagued amputees for millennia, the condition still perplexes researchers today, with no universally efficacious treatment available. Further research investigating the etiology of both PLS and PLP, ...
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SPECT/CT-plethysmography – non-invasive quantitation of bone and soft tissue blood flow
... previous limb fractures, soft tissue damage or major trauma, dis- eases affecting the vascular system and with no history of any routine medication intake were recruited for the ...
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