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Use of the DEKA Arm for amputees with brachial plexus injury: A case series.
PLoS One
September 2017
Southeast Regional Amputation Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America.
Objective: Patients with upper limb amputation and brachial plexus injuries have high rates of prosthesis rejection. Study purpose is to describe experiences of subjects with transhumeral amputation and brachial plexus injury, who were fit with, and trained to use, a DEKA Arm.
Methods: This was a mixed-methods study utilizing qualitative (e.
Predictors of retention and attrition in a study of an advanced upper limb prosthesis: implications for adoption of the DEKA Arm.
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol
February 2018
f Department of Advanced Arm Dynamics , Guld Coast Center of Excellence, Houston , TX , USA.
Purpose: The purpose was to identify factors associated with completion of the VA home study of the DEKA Arm. Design and methodological procedures used: Differences between groups were examined using chi-square and t-tests. A multivariable logistic regression model predicting completion was generated and odds ratios (OR) for significant variables calculated.
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