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Pre-operative rehabilitation for dysvascular lower-limb amputee patients: A focus group study involving medical professionals

BACKGROUND: Major lower-limb amputation (LLA) predisposes patients post-operatively to a significant decline in daily-life functioning. The physical condition of amputee patients prior to surgery is significantly deteriorated due to chronic peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and diabetes, which accou...

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Autores principales: Dekker, Rienk, Hristova, Yoanna V., Hijmans, Juha M., Geertzen, Jan H. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6188752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30321178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204726