MAY 2009

The NLLIC provides results of a monthly search on amputation and related topics from National Library of Medicine's PubMed© on the web. The purpose of this list is to highlight professional literature on the subject of amputation. If you would like to receive this list via email, contact Molly Moore at library@amputee-coalition.org.

Search topics include cancer, congenital limb deficiency, diabetes, dysvascular disease, outcomes research, prosthetics and orthotics, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, trauma and secondary conditions such as pain, obesity, emotional recovery, and smoking.

More resources are also available on the Amputee Coalition web site's online library, an invaluable resource for amputees, medical professionals, and others with limb loss that are seeking specific information.

Cancer

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Congenital Limb Difference

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Diabetes

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Dysvascular

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Multicultural

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Other

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Outcomes Research

Knee disarticulation: survival, wound healing and ambulation. A historic cohort study.
Ten Duis K, Bosmans JC, Voesten HG, Geertzen JH, Dijkstra PU.
Prosthet Orthot Int. 2009 Mar;33(1):52-60.
PMID: 19235066 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19235066

Gait adjustments in obstacle crossing, gait initiation and gait termination after a recent lower limb amputation.
Vrieling AH, van Keeken HG, Schoppen T, Hof AL, Otten B, Halbertsma JP, Postema K.
Clin Rehabil. 2009 May 26. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19470553 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19470553

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Pain

Motor control over the phantom limb in above-elbow amputees and its relationship with phantom limb pain.
Gagné M, Reilly KT, Hétu S, Mercier C.
Neuroscience. 2009 Apr 27. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19406214 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19406214

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Prosthetics and Orthotics

CIR Casting System for making transtibial sockets.
Wu Y, Casanova HR, Reisinger KD, Smith WK, Childress DS.
Prosthet Orthot Int. 2009 Mar;33(1):1-9.
PMID: 19235060 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19235060 

Comparative roll-over analysis of prosthetic feet.
Curtze C, Hof AL, van Keeken HG, Halbertsma JP, Postema K, Otten B.
J Biomech. 2009 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19446814 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19446814

Gait adjustments in obstacle crossing, gait initiation and gait termination after a recent lower limb amputation.
Vrieling AH, van Keeken HG, Schoppen T, Hof AL, Otten B, Halbertsma JP, Postema K.
Clin Rehabil. 2009 May 26. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19470553 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19470553

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Psychology/Emotion

No applicable listing for this topic.

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Rehabilitation

Gait adjustments in obstacle crossing, gait initiation and gait termination after a recent lower limb amputation.
Vrieling AH, van Keeken HG, Schoppen T, Hof AL, Otten B, Halbertsma JP, Postema K.
Clin Rehabil. 2009 May 26. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19470553 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19470553

Knee disarticulation: survival, wound healing and ambulation. A historic cohort study.
Ten Duis K, Bosmans JC, Voesten HG, Geertzen JH, Dijkstra PU.
Prosthet Orthot Int. 2009 Mar;33(1):52-60.
PMID: 19235066 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19235066

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Secondary Conditions

No applicable listing for this topic.

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Surgery

Knee disarticulation: survival, wound healing and ambulation. A historic cohort study.
Ten Duis K, Bosmans JC, Voesten HG, Geertzen JH, Dijkstra PU.
Prosthet Orthot Int. 2009 Mar;33(1):52-60.
PMID: 19235066 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19235066

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Trauma

Heterotopic ossification in high-energy wartime extremity injuries: prevalence and risk factors.
Forsberg JA, Pepek JM, Wagner S, Wilson K, Flint J, Andersen RC, Tadaki D, Gage FA, Stojadinovic A, Elster EA.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 May;91(5):1084-91.
PMID: 19411456 [PubMed - in process]
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19411456

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