Browsing by Author "van Heijningen, Vera G."
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Item Open Access Forequarter Amputee And Mirror Therapy; A case report on adapting the mirror box design(2011) van Heijningen, Vera G.; den Ouden, Rob; Selles, Ruud W.; Janssen, Wim G. M.Mirror therapy has become a valuable treatment for persons with phantom pain. This presentation describes a case study exploring the possibilities of mirror therapy in patients with a forequarter amputation.Item Open Access FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN WITH A CONGENITAL UPPER LIMB REDUCTION DEFICIENCY(2005) Buffart, Laurien M.; Pesch-Batenburg, Josemiek M.F.B.; van Heijningen, Vera G.; Roebroeck, Marij E.; Stam, Henk J.Congenital reduction deficiencies of the upper limb are rare. Nearly 50% of children with unilateral transverse upper limb reduction deficiencies (ULRD) wear a prosthetic device to enhance the ability to perform functional activities. Unfortunately, empirical evidence as to whether prostheses yield improved functional outcomes in these children is lacking. Assessment of arm and prosthetic functioning mostly relies on clinical observation of task performance. The purpose of this study was to assess the functional status of children with ULRD as measured by these standardized instruments. To adequately measure arm and prosthetic functioning in children with ULRD, standardized measures at activity level are required. The difference between what a child “can do” in a clinical setting and “does do” in daily life is well known, also recognized as capacity and performance of activities [1]. Therefore both aspects should be measured. Capacity can be measured with functional tests and to measure performance of activities, assessment of spontaneous arm use or self-reported or parent-reported questionnaires are options.Item Open Access VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF FUNCTIONAL TESTS AND QUESTIONNAIRES FOR CHILDREN WITH A CONGENITAL UPPER LIMB REDUCTION DEFICIENCY(2005) Buffart, Laurien M.; Roebroeck, Marij E.; van Heijningen, Vera G.; Pesch-Batenburg, Josemiek M.F.B.; Stam, Henk J.Standardized measures are required to adequately measure arm and prosthetic functioning in children with unilateral upper limb reduction deficiency (ULRD). A prerequisite for a test or questionnaire is that the instrument has to actually measure what it is supposed to measure, also referred to as validity. With respect to validity, functional tests and questionnaires that are able to measure arm or prosthetic functioning were selected according to the following criteria: (i) they had to be attractive for children aged 4 to 12, (ii) they had to represent bimanual activities and (iii) they had to score quality of movement (functional tests) and/or difficulty (questionnaires) [1]. According to these criteria, we selected two functional tests, the Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA) [2] and the Unilateral Below Elbow Test (UBET) [3, 4] and two questionnaires, the Prosthetic Upper extremity Functional Index (PUFI) [5, 6] and ABILHAND-Kids [7]. In the present study we make a head-to-head comparison of these instruments to judge their clinical usefulness and to identify the best functional test and the best questionnaire for children with ULRD.