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Lower limb amputees in Southern Finland.
The purpose of this study was to look at the current epidemiological trends of lower limb amputees in 1992 in the area of Southern Finland with 1.2 million inhabitants. Similar data was collected earlier in 1984-85 and 1989. The amputation incidence was found to be 27.4 per 100,000 inhabitants. The trans-tibial/trans-femoral ratio was 0.78. The percentage of prosthetic fitting among patients un...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Prosthetics & Orthotics International
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0309-3646
DOI: 10.3109/03093649509167998