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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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