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Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2018 Background Growing discontent with the k-level system for functional classification of patients with limb loss and movement of healthcare toward evidence-based practice has resulted in the need for alternative forms of functional classification and ...
Tyler D. Klenow +7 more
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Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2022 Category: Diabetes Introduction/Purpose: Some patients with below knee (BK) amputation for treatment of ischemic and/or infectious foot disease eventually further progress to above knee (AK) amputation.
Ki Chun Kim MD +5 more
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Factors affecting contralateral extremity following lower-extremity major amputation
Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2021 Objective: Lower-extremity amputation is performed in patients who are at risk due to acute limb ischemia (ALI), chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), and diabetic foot infections, yet the proportion of patients who progress to amputation of their ...
B Nishan +4 more
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Physical activity and quality of life of amputees in southern Brazil [PDF]
, 2011 Physical activity is a positive component of human health. Its effects are associated with improvement in physical, psychological and social aspects of quality of life. Physical activity is therefore an important factor in the rehabilitation of amputees.
da Silva, Rudney +4 more
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Effects of canagliflozin on amputation risk in type 2 diabetes: the CANVAS Program
Diabetologia, 2019 Aims/hypothesisThe primary analysis of the Canagliflozin cardioVascular Assessment Study (CANVAS) Program showed canagliflozin to have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular and renal outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular risk ...
D. Matthews +12 more
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021 Lower extremity amputation due to peripheral artery disease (PAD) and diabetes (DM) is a life-altering event that identifies disparities in access to healthcare and management of disease.
Samantha Danielle Minc +6 more
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Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 Amniotic band syndrome (ABS) is an uncommon, congenital fetal abnormality. Lower extremity limb defects are the common manifestations of ABS. The most common features include congenital distal ring constrictions, intrauterine amputations, and acrosyndactyly. Rare cases of craniofacial and visceral defects were reported.
Imene Dahmane Ayadi, Emira Ben Hamida
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Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018 Background Black race has been shown to be a risk factor for amputation in peripheral artery disease (PAD); however, race has been argued to be a marker for socioeconomic status (SES) rather than true disparity.
S. Arya +7 more
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Science Translational Medicine, 2020 Agonist-antagonist myoneural interfaces in lower-limb amputation help preserve sensory feedback to the brain. Preserving proprioception Limb amputation disrupts sensorimotor signaling, impairing control of neuroprostheses. Srinivasan et al.
Shriya S. Srinivasan +6 more
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