Use of the DEKA Arm for amputees with brachial plexus injury: A case series.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients with upper limb amputation and brachial plexus injuries have high rates of prosthesis rejection. Study purpose is to describe experiences of subjects with transhumeral amputation and brachial plexus injury, who were fit with, and trained to use, a DEKA Arm.

Methods

This was a mixed-methods study utilizing qualitative (e.g. interview, survey) and quantitative data (e.g. self-report and performance measures). Subject 1, a current prosthesis user, had a shoulder arthrodesis. Subject 2, not a prosthesis user, had a subluxed shoulder. Both were trained in laboratory and participated in a trial of home use. Descriptive analyses of processes and outcomes were conducted.

Results

Subject 1 was fitted with the transhumeral configuration (HC) DEKA Arm using a

SUBMITTER: Resnik L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5476237 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature