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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT User personas are important tools for user understanding in human‐computer interaction (HCI), and understanding how personas contribute to environmental sustainability across research and practice contexts is increasingly important. Our systematic review of 36 articles on persona research in environmental sustainability reveals four key ...
Rajat Patil +4 more
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Knee joint biomechanics in transtibial amputees in gait, cycling, and elliptical training.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Transtibial amputees may experience decreased quality of life due to increased risk of knee joint osteoarthritis (OA). No prior studies have compared knee joint biomechanics for the same group of transtibial amputees in gait, cycling, and elliptical ...
Greg Orekhov +3 more
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Amputations in Sepsis Patients: A Population‐Based Cohort Study of Rates and Risk Factors
ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.This cohort study of 158 842 sepsis patients revealed that between 2015 and 2021 in NSW, 11 in every 1000 adult sepsis patients and two in every 1000 paediatric sepsis patients underwent amputation. Male adults under 85 years with diabetes or peripheral arterial disease were at a higher risk of amputation. ABSTRACT Background A rare and serious adverse
Khalia Ackermann +3 more
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Rehabilitation of the bilateral amputee [PDF]
Journal of Vascular Surgery, 1987 One hundred sixteen patients with bilateral amputation as a result of severe ischemia were reviewed to evaluate their rehabilitation potential. Seventy patients were male and 46 were female; ages ranged from 31 to 92 years (mean 68 years). The operative mortality rate after the second amputation was 9.5% (11 of 116 patients). The time from the first to
W E, Evans, J P, Hayes, B D, Vermilion
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SATISFACTION AND EXPERIENCE WITH THE UNITY SUSPENSION SYSTEM
Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal, 2018 BACKGROUND While elevated vacuum suspension systems have some benefits over the other suspension approaches 1–5, elevated vacuum may not be appropriate for all amputees.
Hossein Gholizadeh +3 more
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ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.Rotationplasty is a durable limb‐salvage option for paediatric lower‐limb sarcoma. Across 58 studies and 1,217 patients, long‐term functional, psychosocial, and quality‐of‐life outcomes were favourable, often surpassing amputation and endoprosthetic reconstruction.
Rachel H. Ko +2 more
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, 2017 Amputee and non-amputee subjects’ responses to self-generated errors (top) and perturbations (bottom).
Levi J. Hargrove (523859) +3 more
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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILITY APPREHENSION IN AMPUTEES
Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal, 2018 INTRODUCTION Studies report that after lower-limb amputation, patients have high levels of pain in the form of chronic low back pain, residual limb pain, and phantom pain leading to restrictions in functional activity1.
Shannon L Mathis
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Gender Justice in the Triple Planetary Crisis: A Scoping Review
Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To identify and report how gender justice is conceptualised and discussed in contemporary health literature in relation to the Triple Planetary Crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, with a particular focus on the experiences of women and gender‐diverse populations, and the representation of nurses and other healthcare ...
Catelyn Richards +7 more
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Assessment of Lower Limb Prosthesis through Wearable Sensors and Thermography
Sensors, 2014 This study aimed to explore the application of infrared thermography in combination with ambulatory wearable monitoring of temperature and relative humidity, to assess the residual limb-to-liner interface in lower-limb prosthesis users.
Andrea Giovanni Cutti +4 more
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