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Prosthetic Use in Adult Upper Limb Amputees: A Comparison of the Body Powered and Electrically Powered Prostheses
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Three hundred and fourteen adult upper limb amputees were reviewed retrospectively at the Ontario Workers' Compensation Board. A questionnaire was used to evaluate the use of body and electrically powered prostheses. Follow-up ranged from 1 to 49 years with a mean of 15 years. Results indicated that complete or useful acceptance of an electrically powered prosthesis was reported by 69 of 83 amputees (83%); 199 of 291 amputees (68%) used the cable operated hook, 57 of 291 (20%) used the cable operated hand and 40 of 83 (48%) used the cosmetic prosthesis. The majority of amputees used more than one prosthesis for their functional needs and should be fitted with more than one type of prosthesis. Acceptance of an upper limb prosthesis by 89% (196/220) of below-elbow, 76% (56/74) of above-elbow and 60% (12/20) of high level amputees indicates that for most upper limb amputees, their prostheses are well used and essential to their personal and employment activities.
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- Authors
- Millstein, S. G., Heger, H., & Hunter, G. A.
- Venue
- Prosthetics & Orthotics International
- Published
- 1986-04
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-34
- ISSN
- 0309-3646 (ISSN-L)
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- W2137993735
- Cited by
- 163
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- FWCI
- 2.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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