Sports participation of individuals with major upper limb deficiency.

Background: The aim of this study was to analyse sports participation of individuals with upper limb deficiency (ULD) and associated factors.

Methods: Individuals with ULD originating from the Netherlands were invited, via their attending physiatrist or prosthetist, to answer a digital or paper questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 34 items related to personal characteristics, type of deficiency and participation in sports.

Barriers and facilitators of participation in sports: a qualitative study on Dutch individuals with lower limb amputation.

Introduction: Although individuals with lower limb amputation may benefit from participation in sports, less than 40% do so.

Aim: To identify the barriers and facilitators that influence participation in sports for individuals with lower limb amputation.

Design: Qualitative study.

Sports participation of Dutch lower limb amputees.

Objective: To analyze sports participation of Dutch lower limb amputees and factors influencing sports participation.

Study Design: A cross-sectional survey was performed. Dutch lower limb amputees (N = 2039) were invited to participate in a postal survey addressing personal and amputation characteristics, physical limitations, sports participation, skin problems, and prosthesis use.

Sport prostheses and prosthetic adaptations for the upper and lower limb amputees: an overview of peer reviewed literature.

Background: Sport prostheses are used by both upper- and lower-limb amputees while participating in sports and other physical activities. Although the number of these devices has increased over the past decade, no overview of the peer reviewed literature describing them has been published previously. Such an overview will allow specialists to choose appropriate prostheses based on available scientific evidence rather than on personal experience or preference.