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Travellers with prosthetic limbs, a neglected population. A perspective on what travel health practitioners need to know.

Irmgard L BauerVikranth Harthikote Nagaraja
Published in: Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines (2024)
This is the first paper on travel with a prosthetic limb in any field, including travel medicine. Therefore, travel health practitioners have no evidence-based guidelines at their disposal required for high-quality care for this neglected population. Preliminary recommendations for clinical practice, advice for required updates in education, and suggestions for urgently needed research are provided to replace current hints and tips with evidence so that travellers with prostheses are no longer 'out on a limb'.
Keyphrases
  • clinical practice
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • primary care
  • mental health
  • infectious diseases
  • quality improvement
  • health information
  • general practice
  • palliative care
  • human health
  • heavy metals