Boer, E. de (Errit) (2015) Intermanual transfer effects in novice and experienced below-elbow myoelectric prosthesis users. thesis, Medicine.
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Abstract
In intermanual transfer training, a motor skill in one arm improves while training that skill on the other arm. This can be beneficial for persons with an upper limb amputation, since it facilitates them to start prosthesis training shortly after the amputation. Intermanual transfer effects in prosthesis training have previously been demonstrated only in able-bodied persons. The aim of the present study was to measure intermanual transfer effects in patients with a below-elbow amputation, in both experienced and novice myoelectric prosthesis users, and to analyse whether laterality is of influence to these effects. In experiment A, experienced myoelectric prosthesis users (n=22) and matched controls (n=22) were measured while performing tasks using a prosthesis simulator on their non-affected arm. Outcomes were movement time, force control, score on the Box and Blocks test (BBT) and duration of hand opening. In experiment B, an experimental group of novice users who received training with the simulator (n=3) and a control group of novice users who did not train (n=4) were measured on movement time and force control. Movement times of both experienced and trained novice myoelectric prosthesis users were shorter compared to controls, and experienced users had a higher BBT- score and a shorter hand opening duration compared to controls. No intermanual transfer effects on force control and no laterality effects were found. These results are of clinical relevance for patients with an upper limb amputation, for they support the idea that intermanual transfer training can be used to train prosthesis handling shortly after the amputation.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Thesis) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Sluis, prof. dr. C.K. Van der |
| Supervisor name: | Cutti, ing. A.G. and INAIL Centro Protesi, Vigorso di Budrio (Bologna) |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2020 11:07 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2020 11:07 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2687 |
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