Home-based Exercise on Functional Outcome of the Donor Lower Extremity in Oral Cancer Patients after Fibula Flap Harvest

Background: After harvesting the fibula flap, pain, sensory disturbance, weakness of donor leg, reduced walking endurance, ankle instability, and lower walking speed had been reported. The aim of this study was to quantitatively assess functional outcome of regular home-based exercise on donor ankle...

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Main Authors: Ting-Yuan Liu, Yu-Chi Huang, Chau-Peng Leong, Chiung-Yi Tseng, Yur-Ren Kuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-04-01
Series:Biomedical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.biomedj.org/article.asp?issn=2319-4170;year=2013;volume=36;issue=2;spage=90;epage=95;aulast=Liu