Print Email Facebook Twitter Assessment of Body-Powered Upper Limb Prostheses by Able-Bodied Subjects, using the Box and Blocks Test and the Nine Hole Peg Test Title Assessment of Body-Powered Upper Limb Prostheses by Able-Bodied Subjects, using the Box and Blocks Test and the Nine Hole Peg Test Author Haverkate, L. Smit, G. Plettenburg, D.H. Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department BioMedical Engineering Date 2014-10-21 Abstract Study Design: Experimental trial. Background: The functional performance of currently available body-powered prostheses is unknown. Objective: The goal of this study was to objectively assess and compare the functional performance of three commonly used body-powered upper limb terminal devices. Methods: Twenty-one able-bodied subjects (n=21, age= 22±2) tested three different terminal devices: TRS VC Hook Grip 2S, Otto Bock VO Hand, and Hosmer model 5XA hook, using a prosthesis simulator. All subjects used each terminal device 9 times in two functional tests; the Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT) and the Box and Blocks Test (BBT). Results: Significant differences were found between the different terminal devices and their scores on the NHPT and the BBT. The Hosmer hook scored best in both tests. The TRS Grip hook 2S scored second best. The Otto Bock hand showed the lowest scores. Conclusions: This study is a first step in the comparison of functional performances of body-powered prostheses. The data can be used as a reference value, to assess the performance of a terminal device or an amputee. Subject upper limbprostheticsfunctional testingBox and Blocks TestBBTNine Hole Peg TestNHPTbody-poweredterminal deviceassessmentprosthesis simulatorhand prosthesishand prosthesesvoluntary closingvoluntary openingprosthesis evaluationhandprothesehandprothesenarmprothesearmprothesenkunstledematen To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6cb734fc-5d5e-45f0-b4b7-42bdde07eaae Publisher SAGE Journals ISSN 0309-3646 Source Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 2014; Authors version (post-print) Other version https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364614554030 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2014 SAGE Journals Files PDF Assessment of Body-Powere ... ereed).pdf 893.43 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:6cb734fc-5d5e-45f0-b4b7-42bdde07eaae/datastream/OBJ/view