Development and validation of the coffee task: a novel functional assessment for prosthetic grip selection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lack of standardized assessments that explicitly quantify performance during prosthetic grip selection poses difficulty determining whether efforts to improve the design of multi-grip hands and their control approaches are successful. In this study, we developed and validated a novel assessment of multi-grip prosthetic performance: The Coffee Task.

Methods

Individuals without limb loss completed the Box and Block Test and two versions of the Coffee Task - Continuous and Segmented - with a myoelectric prosthetic emulator. On different days, participants selected prosthetic grips using pattern recognition and trigger control. Outcomes of the Continuous and Segmented Coffee Task were completion time and number of errors, respectively. Two independent raters assessed

SUBMITTER: Lee C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10851532 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature