Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 74-81 , January 2009

Determinants of Skin Problems of the Stump in Lower-Limb Amputees

  • Henk E. Meulenbelt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Graduate School for Health Research, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Henk E. Meulenbelt, MD, Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Jan H. Geertzen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Graduate School for Health Research, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Marcel F. Jonkman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Pieter U. Dijkstra, PT, MT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Graduate School for Health Research, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.07.015

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 74-81 , January 2009

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