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Impact of rehabilitation programs on dependency and functional performance of patients with major lower limb amputations

A retrospective chart review in western Saudi Arabia

Mohammad A. AlSofyani, Abdulaziz S. AlHarthi, Fayssal M. Farahat and Wesam T. Abuznadah
Saudi Medical Journal October 2016, 37 (10) 1109-1113; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.16033
Mohammad A. AlSofyani
From the College of Medicine (AlSofyani, AlHarthi), Taif University, Taif, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Farahat, Abuznadah), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Faculty of Medicine (Farahat), Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
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Abdulaziz S. AlHarthi
From the College of Medicine (AlSofyani, AlHarthi), Taif University, Taif, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Farahat, Abuznadah), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Faculty of Medicine (Farahat), Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
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Fayssal M. Farahat
From the College of Medicine (AlSofyani, AlHarthi), Taif University, Taif, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Farahat, Abuznadah), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Faculty of Medicine (Farahat), Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
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Wesam T. Abuznadah
From the College of Medicine (AlSofyani, AlHarthi), Taif University, Taif, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Farahat, Abuznadah), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Faculty of Medicine (Farahat), Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
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