Use of Powered Prosthesis for Children with Upper Limb Deficiency at Hyogo Rehabilitation Center.

There has been no research investigating the use of powered prosthetic for children in Japan.To gain better insight into the state of powered prosthesis usage and identify a ratio of rejection among children.Subjects were 37 unilateral below elbow amputees between the ages of 0 and 16 at the time of...

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Main Authors: Mitsunori Toda, Takaaki Chin, Yaeko Shibata, Futoshi Mizobe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4488333?pdf=render