Cognitive impairment, because of its long-term and devastating toll on individuals,
families, and the health care system, has appropriately received much emphasis in
practice, policy, advocacy, education, and research circles.
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At the same time, lower extremity impairment as a cause of disability and health
care resource use has been growing without fanfare, yet it too has devasting consequences.
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