J Korean Burn Soc.
2012 Dec;15(2):137-141.
Myoelectric Hand Rehabilitation in the Bilateral Upper Extremity Amputee of Burn Patients: Two Cases Report
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- 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. s9036@naver.com
Abstract
- Bilateral upper extremity amputee is rare and also complex, difficult process to apply the prosthesis to daily life. In Korea, there is no case report of bilateral myoelectric hand training, which is installed to bilateral upper extremity amputee due to electrical burn. We present usual 2 cases, who underwent bilateral transradial amputee, were fitted with a bilateral myoelectric prosthetic hand with an adaptive grip. It's not just long-term issues like the prosthesis prescription, but it is important functional problem whether or not to use actually. Especially the unique features of hand grasp function and writing can be the scale that measure recovery of the patient. The development of modern science and technology applications in clinical medicine cause the innovation of a prosthetic hand. In our two cases, good acceptance and functional improvement were noted. The information obtained in this case would be expected to be helpful in the bilateral amputee prosthetic prescription and training for their welfare.
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