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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Amputations"”.
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Pediatric Amputations: PTSD, Behavioral Tendencies and Quality of Life
… 11-18 years of age who had experienced traumatic amputations due to an acute physical injury (burns, severing, and crushing accidents). In order to account for variance which may have impacted the results of the study, evaluations were conducted between a group of children/adolescents with …
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Farmers with Upper-Limb Amputations and Their Daily Routine
… is little research in the area of farmers with amputations and their daily routine. The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to explore the attitudes, beliefs, and needs related to the daily routines of upper-limb amputee who is currently working or has previously worked in the …
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Design and evaluation of a cantilever beam-type prosthetic foot for Indian persons with amputations
The goal of this work is to design a low cost, high performance prosthetic foot in collaboration with Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), in Jaipur, India. In order to be adopted, the foot must cost less than $10 USD, be mass-manufacturable, and meet or exceed the performance of the …
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A study of indications and complications of the lower limb amputations in the university teaching hospital,Lusaka,Zambia
… to find out the indications and major lower limb amputations was done between October 1997 and April 1999 in the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). The aims and objectives of the study was:1.To determine the indications of amputations at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. 2.To identify …
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A study of indications and complications of the lower limb amputations in the university teaching hospital,Lusaka,Zambia
… to find out the indications and major lower limb amputations was done between October 1997 and April 1999 in the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). The aims and objectives of the study was:1.To determine the indications of amputations at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. 2.To identify …
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Using Art Therapy to Reduce Anxiety and Improve the Quality of Recovery in Post-Operative Patients with Amputations
… (NLICC Staff, 2008]. There are many reasons for amputations such as: trauma, accident, diabetes, peripheral vascular disorder, cancer, and other medical complications. The majority of amputations are dyvascular, which are commonly brought on by complications from uncontrolled diabetes. Of the …
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A Profile of Diabetes-related Below Knee Amputations Using Nation-wide Patient Discharge Data: Patient, Provider, And Insurance Characteristics
… (claims) data on all adult cases of below-knee amputations during 2006 through 2010 (the study population). All these patients' discharges during the year prior to the index discharge were identified to characterize the DRLEA as a single-procedure (one-step) amputation or as the final step …
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Use of a tourniquet in lower limb amputations: Evaluating blood loss in peripheral arterial disease patients A systematic review
Background: Tourniquets have become an inseparable part of many different types of intricate and major surgeries, including amputation. Tourniquets create a bloodless environment, which is thought to facilitate surgery and reduce time, potential errors and subsequent complications. Objectives: To …
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Indications and short term outcomes of major limb amputations at the university teaching hospitals adult and emergency hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
… and short term outcomes for major limb amputations. Limb amputations can lead to poor outcomes such as morbidity, high cost on the patients and their families and an increase in the Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY’s) and mortality. Therefore this study was aimed at assessing the …
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The contribution of diabetes mellitus to lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town for 2009 and 2010
… many complications of diabetes, lower extremity amputations are common, with a leg being lost to diabetes somewhere in the world every thirty seconds. The vast majority of these amputations is preventable and is a reflection of inadequate care of diabetic patients. Studies done in South Africa …
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Developing an in-depth understanding of the prevalence, risk factors and treatment recommendations for phantom limb pain, and patient-generated care priorities for people who have undergone lower limb amputations
… there is evidence suggesting that people with amputations may not be getting the treatment they want at different time-points after amputation. In consideration of these points, a research project comprised of a series of interconnected studies aimed to develop an in-depth understanding of the …
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Long term mortality after lower extremity amputation in South Africa
… study of patients undergoing lower extremity amputations at New Somerset Hospital from October 1, 2015, to October 31, 2016. A medical record review was undertaken to identify co-morbidities, operation details, and perioperative mortality rate. Outcome status was defined as alive, dead, or …
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Achieving Near-Natural Locomotion in Transfemoral Amputees - A Control Theoretic Approach
… and environmental conditions. Among lower limb amputations, transtibial amputations are the most common. The loss of the ankle joint for transtibial amputees causes several constraints during gait, such as lower walking speed, increased metabolic energy expenditure, and reduced power in the …
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Does military combat-related traumatic injury increase cardiovascular disease risk?
… who have had suffered severe CRTI with limb amputations have increased arterial stiffness compared to those less severely injured and non-injured servicemen. 2. Combat-related traumatic amputation is associated with greater vascular inflammation and a more adverse lipid profile than that …
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Redesigning diabetic foot risk assessment for amputation prevention in low-resource settings: Development of a purely mechanical plantar pressure evaluation device
… problem, causing one million lower-extremity amputations every year. These amputations are typically preceded by largely preventable diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). However, 80% of the world’s more than half a billion diabetics now live in low- and middle-income countries, where many healthcare …
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Vyrų po trauminių galūnių amputacijų savęs vaizdą formuojantys veiksniai ir jų ryšys su streso įveika /
… of self- image of men, who suffered traumatic amputations of limbs, and correlation of these factors with stress defeat Marija Januškaitienė SUMMARY This continuous research is constructed for setting of formative factors of self-image of men, who 30-48 years ago suffered traumatic amputations …
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Feasibility Study among Military Personnel with Traumatic Amputation during Military Combat or Training
… of mangled extremities leading to traumatic amputations. Extremity injuries predominate, representing 50% to 70% of all injuries treated (Melcer, 2010). The majority of injuries sustained in Operation Endearing Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) are combined penetrating, burn and blast …
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Design and Control of Mechanoneural Interfaces for Neuroprosthetic Limbs
… responses of individuals with below-knee amputations. Additionally, we present a neuroprosthetic framework that fully reconstructs biomimetic gait from neural information generated by individuals with below-knee amputation. We have achieved the level of neuroprosthetic integration …
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Penetrating femoral artery injuries : an urban trauma center experience
… ligated (84.6%). There were 4 (2.5%) primary amputations and 10 (6.5%) secondary amputations. One primary amputation resulted from a delay to theatre with a threatened limb. The other three presented with a non-viable limb. Nine of the ten secondary amputations presented with a threatened …
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Body image and self-disgust as self-appraisals influencing adjustment to limb amputation
… and related factors in people with limb amputations. The thesis includes a systematic literature review of body image relating to psychosocial adjustment and a research paper examining the relationship of self-disgust to psychosocial adjustment following limb amputation. A critical …
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