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ArticleJournal of rehabilitation medicine2021

Amputation for chronic pain and/or functional impairment of a limb.

Evelyne Linden, Koen Peers, Carlotte Kiekens

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Article in Journal of rehabilitation medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Evelyne LindenDepartment of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. evelyne_linden@hotmail.com.
Koen Peers
Carlotte Kiekens
AZ Sint-Lucas · BEKU Leuven · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the impact of a lower limb amputation for chronic pain and/or functional impairment on pain and participation in daily living activities and to assess the use of prostheses. To improve decision-making for this controversial treatment.

designSurvey.

settingUniversity hospital. SUBJECTS: Patients who had an amputation of a lower limb for chronic pain and/or functional impairment.

resultsEighty-one percent of the patients were satisfied with the amputation and would decide to undergo an amputation again under the same conditions. Sixty-nine percent of the patients reported an improvement in pain, 69% an improvement in mobility, 75% in daily living activities, and 56% an improvement in sleep. Seventy-five percent of the patients used their prosthesis on a daily basis.

conclusionMost patients who underwent an amputation in our hospitals for chronic pain and/or functional impairment of a lower limb were satisfied and reported an improvement in function and pain.

Indexed as

Artificial LimbsChronic PainActivities of Daily LivingAmputation, SurgicalHumansLower Extremity

Identifiers

PMID34546378
PMCPMC8638726
OpenAlexW3200112655

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