Outcomes Assessment for Upper Limb Prosthetic Care. Literature Review

Belova A. N.
D. Med. Sc., Professor, Head of Department of Functional Diagnostics¹

Rukina N. N.
PhD, Senior Researcer, Department of Functional Diagnostics¹

Kuznetsov A. N.
Junior Researcer, Department of Functional Diagnostics¹

Borzikow V. V.
Junior Researcer, Department of Functional Diagnostics¹

Belova E. M.
resident²

1 - Federal State Budgetary Institution «Privolzhsky Federal Research Medical Centre» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
2 - State Educational Establishment of Higher Professional Training Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation

Rukina N.N., E-mail: rukinann@mail.ru

Prosthetic technology for adults and children with acquired and congenital upper limb defects has developed considerably lately. Modern prosthesis are complicated and expensive devices. So the demands for the objective assessment of their effectiveness and helpfulness became more and more intense. Assessment should be based on International Classification of Function and Disability and consider impairment, disability, handicap and health-related quality of life. Then, these tools should be valid and reliable. Outcomes of prosthesis users can be performance-based or self-reported. This review covered prosthetic-specific measures for adult and pediatric upper limb prosthesis users. Potentially suitable standardized generic outcome measures are also listed. Evaluative outcome measure concern arm structure and functional abilities, activity of daily living and social participation, as well as quality of life in adult or child with limb defects. Finally, summarized outcome measurements data for adult and children with upper limb deficiency and prosthesises, based on international recommendations, are presented.

prosthesis, upper limb, assessment, outcome measures

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