Does size matter? Examining the effect of obesity on inpatient amputation rehabilitation outcomes
| Autor: | Tim Pauley, Lilian L. Y. Vivas, Michael Devlin, Steven Dilkas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Canada 030506 rehabilitation medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Population Walk Test Comorbidity Overweight Amputation Surgical Body Mass Index 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Amputees Humans Medicine Obesity education Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Inpatients education.field_of_study Rehabilitation business.industry Retrospective cohort study Middle Aged medicine.disease Treatment Outcome Lower Extremity Amputation Physical therapy Female Underweight medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Body mass index 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Disability and Rehabilitation. 39:36-42 |
| ISSN: | 1464-5165 0963-8288 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/09638288.2016.1140831 |
| Popis: | Purpose This study investigated whether obesity impacted clinical outcomes of patients at discharge from inpatient amputation rehabilitation. Method This was a retrospective chart review examining admissions for lower extremity amputation rehabilitation at a Canadian Regional Amputee Rehabilitation Programme between December 2011 and June 2014. Discharge outcomes were predefined as the two-minute walk test (2MWT), the L-test of functional mobility and the SIGAM score. These were compared between each body mass index (BMI) group (underweight |
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