Prosthetic Management Of A Child With A Phocomelic Deficiency

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Date

1999

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Repository Usage Stats

378
views
308
downloads

Abstract

The subject of this case study is an 8 year old girl who has a phocomelic deficiency of her left uppet extremity. Her phocomelic hand consists of 3 digits including a thumb and has limited strength and range of motion. She also has an unusually pronainent and mobile "spilced" clavicle and no scapula. All other limbs and systems are unaffected and she is a bright, energetic little girl.

Type

Department

Description

Provenance

Subjects

Citation

From "MEC 99," Proceedings of the 1999 MyoElectric Controls/Powered Prosthetics Symposium Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada: August, 1999. Copyright University of New Brunswick.

Copyright 2002, 2005 and 2008, The University of New Brunswick.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Creative Commons License