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Assessment of Quality of Life in Patients Following Lower Limb Amputation

EABR. Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research
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|Aug 2026
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Table 1.

Presentation of patients based on the type and cause of amputation

Type of amputationN%
Right transfemoral1650.0
Left transfemoral1237.5
Right transtibial412.5
Left transtibial00
Cause of amputationN%
Vascular diseases2475.0
Trauma825.0
Table 2.

The functionality of the patients

Admission to the hospitalAfter one month of admissionp
FIM85.38±14.63090.44±15.629<0.001*
FIM motor score66.00±13.09071.06±13.891<0.001*
FIM cognitive score19.38±1.54019.38±1.738
Barthel Index75.0 (20)80.0 (20)<0.001**
AMP13.00 (10)16.50 (12)<0.001**

* Paired-Samples T Test;

** Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eabr-2024-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2956-2090 (formerly 2335-075X, 2956-0454) | Journal ISSN: 2956-0454 (formerly 1820-8665)
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Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 24, 2024
Accepted on: Sep 18, 2024
Published on: Aug 19, 2026
Published by: University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Amputation,
Barthel index,
FIM test
UDC:
616-056.26/.29:616.718-089.843
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other

© 2026 Katarina Manojlovic, Ana Divjak, Igor Simanic, Kristijan Krstic, Kristina Mladenovic, Sara S Mijailovic, Andjela D Gogic, Rasa Mladenovic, Nebojsa D Zdravkovic, Kristina Mitrovic, Vesna Grbovic, published by University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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