People with limb amputation deal with thermal stresses in their daily activities. Unfortunately,
in the majority of this population, all thermal transfer mechanisms, including convection …

Background Children with lower limb loss face gait and balance limitations. Prosthetic
rehabilitation is thus aimed at improving functional capacity and mobility throughout the …

The field of rehabilitation and assistive devices is being disrupted by innovations in desktop
3D printers and open-source designs. For upper limb prosthetics, those technologies have …

Children and adolescents with congenital limb deficiencies are visibly and physically
different from their peers. They present limitations in activities, depending on the severity of …

The care of an individual with lower limb amputation requires many types of decisions, skills,
and interventions ranging from the surgical techniques of amputation to the prescription of a …

Background: Although the incidence of major pediatric lower limb loss secondary to either
congenital deficiencies or acquired amputations is relatively low, the prevalence of lower …

Pediatric limb loss or limb deficiency is uncommon in the United Sates at incidence of 1 per
1943 live births per year, with a ratio of 2: 1 upper to lower extremity. 1 Causes include …

This retrospective study was designed for the period 1982–2002 to collect the basic data on
the demography, level and side of the amputation, involved limbs, age, gender, and …

The aims of this study were to demonstrate a theoretical basis for the design of a stance-
phase controlled paediatric prosthetic knee joint, clinically test prototypes of the knee, and …

Purpose: To describe clinical features, issues related to school life and health-related quality
of life (HRQOL) for children with congenital limb deficiency (CLD) and compare these …