Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1183-1188 , September 2006

Return to Driving After Lower-Extremity Amputation

Presented in part to the Ontario Association for Amputee Care, May 4, 2001, Kingston, ON, Canada.

  • Chris Boulias, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiatry, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Ben Meikle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiatry, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Tim Pauley, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Evaluation and Research Unit, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael Devlin, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiatry, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Mike Devlin, Ste R3-89, West Park Health Care Centre, 82 Buttonwood Ave, Toronto, ON M6M 2J5, Canada

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.06.001

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1183-1188 , September 2006

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