A prosthetic harness adaptation.
A prosthetic harness adaptation was used with four burn patients with below-elbow amputations. Severe restriction of shoulder and trunk mobility made it impossible for these patients to don and doff their prostheses using the traditional figure-of-eight harness. The adaptation enabled the patients to enlarge the harness for donning and doffing and to tighten it for use.
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Occupational Therapy Department, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA 90242.
D000328:Adult; D000674:Amputees / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001186:Artificial Limbs / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design