Browsing by Author "Stocker, Dinah"

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    Evaluating Prosthetic Function With The Unb Test
    (1994) Feetham, Shauna; Stocker, Dinah; Lloyd, Mary
    Functional assessments examine human capabilities and potentials and provide a basis for the individual to realize change, improvement, adaptation or efficiency. These assessments are used as a guide for measuring effectiveness of various interventions Was the intervention a success or not? Today people often refer to these assessments as outcome measurements. These measurements are becoming inaeasingly important in justifying the treatment and interventions of fitting prostheses. With rising costs and cuts in health care prosthetics teams need to develop and use outcome measurements as part of their daily practice. Unfortunately, functional assessments or outcome measurements are in the process of evolving. In prosthetics, teams tend to depend upon observation and subjectiveevaluations to determine the outcome of their interventions To date there have only been two published tests of prosthetic function for children one by David Krebs in 1987, the other by E R. Sanderson in 1985 Since their publication, little was known about how much the tests were used by therapists. A descriptive research study was completed this spring which examined the use by occupational therapists of the UNB Test of Prosthetics Function This paper discusses this study.
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    Learning To Use A Prosthesis
    (1992) Stocker, Dinah
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    Review Of Infant Fittings At The Institute Of Biomedical Engineering 13 Years Of Service
    (1995) Stocker, Dinah; Caldwell, Robert; Wedderburn, Zadok
    The Institute of Biomedical Engineering at UNB opened it's myoelectric fitting centre called the Prosthetics Research Centre in the fall of 1981 with the first patient fitting in January of 1982. This paper only reports on the infant fitting program of the Centre since the beginning, a total of 13 years. The Prosthetics Research Centre was established as a clinical research and development facility for myoelectric prostheses. The clientele come from a geographically lasge area but small population base of the Atlantic Provinces, The provinces cover 501,703 square km with a population of 2,322,081 people. This report reflects the growth and evolution of our program, rather than a statistically based study. What is important to note in this talk is that the review looks at two very distinct groups. These groups were are not so different because of their demographics or disabilities but are different because of two very distinct technologies which were available.