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Amputees

Known as: Amputee, Limb Loss 
A person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation.
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Mortality in diabetic and nondiabetic patients after amputations performed from 1996 to 2005 in a tertiary hospital population: a 3-year follow-up study.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Integrating ear and scalp acupuncture techniques into the care of blast-injured United States military service members with limb loss.
Princeof Chungshan. However, within the U.S. Armed Forces, theincorporation of acupuncture into modern military medicalpractice… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Psychological factors after traumatic amputation in landmine survivors: The bridge between physical healing and full recovery
Purpose: Limb loss due to a landmine injury is sudden and devastating. The resulting disability makes life challenging in a world… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Treatment of acute occlusion of peripheral arteries.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Femoral Pseudoaneurysms in Drug Addicts
Abstract. Femoral pseudoaneurysm is a serious complication in drug addicts who habitually inject via the groin. A total of 33… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Comprehensive analysis of dynamic elastic response feet: Seattle Ankle/Lite Foot versus SACH foot.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The relationship between comfortable and most metabolically efficient walking speed in persons with unilateral above-knee amputation.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Development of an above-knee prosthesis equipped with a microcomputer-controlled knee joint: first test results.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Stance phase control of above-knee prostheses: knee control versus SACH foot design.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Postural sway in amputees and normal subjects.
The postural sway of amputees was investigated quantitatively in fifty patients with above-the-knee amputations and in twenty… 
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