Search Results - "Azaria, M"
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Successful fitting of a prosthesis for a child amputee suffering from scleroderma
Published in Disability and rehabilitation (10-07-2001)“…A few anecdotal cases of limb amputations owing to scleroderma have been described in the literature. This article outlines the salient problematic features of…”
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Rehabilitation considerations of prosthetic fittings for Kaposi's sarcoma amputees
Published in Disability and rehabilitation (01-01-2000)“…Purpose : We report on cutaneous limb manifestations of Kaposi's sarcoma and the secondary infection of these lesions that necessitated five lower-limb…”
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A pilot study to determine the efficiency of lightweight carbon fibre orthoses in the management of patients suffering from post-poliomyelitis syndrome
Published in Clinical rehabilitation (01-11-1997)“…To assess the usage of carbon fibre orthoses in assisting post-polio syndrome patients who reported advancing weakness and difficulty in maintaining their…”
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Why did the patient choose an inappropriate orthosis?
Published in Disability and rehabilitation (15-02-2000)“…Purpose/Method: A 70-year-old engineer, suffering from drop foot, designed and produced a strange orthosis. Although on ambulation the orthotic device elevated…”
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The role of orthoses in the management of elbow joints in persons with haemophilia
Published in Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia (01-03-1999)“…The elbow joint is extremely prone to haemarthroses, and when these occur the elbow requires support and rest. Supporting the limb with a simple…”
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The changing needs of patients after primary rehabilitation: An overlooked entity
Published in Disability and rehabilitation (1998)“…Purpose: The need for rehabilitation should not be viewed as a single event that may occur during a lifetime. This theme is explored. Method: A case of a man…”
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Why knee disarticulation (through-knee amputation) is appropriate for non ambulatory patients
Published in Disability and rehabilitation (15-12-2000)“…Purpose : To determine the reason why 79% of knee disarticulation amputees had not received a prosthesis. Method : A 10 year survey was carried out of all…”
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The will to walk-a partnership involving dual dynamics
Published in Disability and rehabilitation (1998)“…A case report is used as an example of how the will of a patient convinced an entire rehabilitation team to alter its assessment of the patient's ambulatory…”
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Lower limb prosthetic considerations in persons with coagulopathies
Published in Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia (01-04-1997)“…Most able‐bodied amputees use artificial limbs for ambulation. Special considerations are required for persons with coagulopathies because excess pressure or…”
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The design of two-dimensional gradient estimators based on one-dimensional operators
Published in IEEE transactions on image processing (01-01-1996)“…Two-dimensional (2-D) gradient estimators are some of the most useful tools in image processing. A computational procedure for the extension of one-dimensional…”
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Interrelationships among measures of autonomic activity and cardiovascular risk factors during orthostasis and the oral glucose tolerance test
Published in Clinical autonomic research (01-10-1995)“…Overstimulation of sympathetic nervous system activity is related to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk, but the role of parasympathetic activity in…”
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Adult non-traumatic plantar heel pain: do initial X-rays enhance or detract from the diagnosis?
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Criteria for prosthetic provision: "he who pays the piper calls the tune"
Published in Prosthetics and orthotics international (01-08-1998)“…Previously instituted policies regarding prosthetic limb provision had been deemed dependable. A follow-up home visit study showed that 18 of 60 patients that…”
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Why should a deformed, anaesthetic, functionless hand be wanted?
Published in Disability and rehabilitation (1998)“…A 58-year-old woman presented at a disability assessment tribunal with a severely deformed left forearm. She had broken the arm 25 years previously and the…”
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Supraventricular tachycardia as a presenting sign of pulmonary embolism in paraplegia. Case report and review
Published in Paraplegia (01-05-1995)“…Pulmonary embolism is a major complication after spinal cord injury and difficult to diagnose in any patient. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an unusual…”
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A functional and psychosocial assessment of patients with post-Sudeck atrophy amputation
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation (01-04-1993)“…Twelve patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy were referred to a comprehensive orthopaedic rehabilitation center after failure of conservative management…”
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Insulin resistance and autonomic function in traumatic lower limb amputees
Published in Clinical autonomic research (01-10-1995)“…This study examined plasma insulin response to oral glucose load and autonomic nervous system activity in male lower limb amputees (n = 52) aged 50-65 years,…”
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Long term follow up of patients with cauda equina syndrome due to intraspinal lipoma
Published in Paraplegia (01-05-1992)“…We have had the opportunity to treat and follow up two young males with cauda equina syndromes after recurrent resection of intraspinal lipomas. This condition…”
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Anterior ankle impingement: an unexplainable mass in a ballet dancer
Published in Foot (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1998)“…Impingement syndromes around the ankle joint have previously been extensively reported. Most forms of impingement are posterior to the tibia and are caused by…”
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Should an elderly diabetic woman with a right below knee amputation and an infected sore on her left heel be operated on for a fractured hip ?
Published in BMJ. British medical journal (International ed.) (19-02-1994)“…A case is presented in which an 68-year-old diabetic woman was admitted to the hospital with an intratrochanteric fracture of her left leg. The woman had a…”
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