Impact of prostheses on quality of life and functional status of transfemoral amputees in Tanzania

BACKGROUND: The rise of diabetes and traumatic injury has increased limb loss-related morbidity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite this, the majority of amputees in LMICs have no access to prosthetic devices, and the magnitude of prosthesis impact on quality of life (QOL ) and func...

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Autores principales: von Kaeppler, Ericka P., Hetherington, Alexander, Donnelley, Claire A., Ali, Syed H., Shirley, Corin, Challa, Sravya T., Lutyens, Emily, Haonga, Billy T., Morshed, Saam, Andrysek, Jan, Shearer, David W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8517763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34692432
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v10i0.839

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8517763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34692432
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v10i0.839

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