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Rehabilitation in Practice

Impact of pain in vertebral column on activities of daily living in the Iranian amputees with bilateral lower limb amputation

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Pages 869-872 | Received 08 Nov 2009, Accepted 12 Sep 2011, Published online: 29 Oct 2011

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