JPO 1998 Vol. 10, Num. 4

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Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Intervention Pathways in Managing the Dysvascular Patient
Lisa Schoonmaker, CPO
Approximately 90% of limb amputations in the Western world are caused by a peripheral vascular disease. The author addresses a patient population that is continuing to increase.
 
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A Survey of Upper-Limb Prosthesis Users in Oxfordshire
Peter J. Kyberd, MSc, PhD, MISPO
Jane J. Davey, DipCOT, SROT
J. Dougall Morrison, FRCS
A questionnaire was used to collect data on the preferences of users of prosthetic arms for the purpose of designing a new prosthetic limb.
 
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Electric Wrist Rotation in Proportional-Controlled Systems
Harold H. Sears, PhD
Julie Shaperman, MSPH, OTR
The authors define the functional usage of electric wrist rotation and assess its value to users of proportionally controlled prostheses.
 
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Predisposing Factors Related to Prosthetic Use by People with a Transtibial and Transfemoral Amputation
Christiane Gauthier-Gagnon, MSc
Marie-Claude Grise, MSc
Diane Potvin, MSc
A survey of 396 subjects was conducted to determine factors relating to use of a prosthesis among individuals with transtibial and transfemoral amputation.
 
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A Flexible, Air-Permeable Socket Prosthesis for Bilateral Hip Disarticulation and Hemicorporectomy Amputees
J. Martin Carlson, CPO
Susan L. Wood, RTPO
The author describes an air-permeable fabric socket suspended within a shell frame for use by patients with amputation of both lower limbs that addresses the problems of heat dissipation and thoracic skin shear trauma.