Assessment of Functionality of Multifunction Prosthetic Hands

Introduction This study is part of a program to investigate the function of prosthetic arm systems, specifically the new generation multifunction hands. Materials and Methods The Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure was used to measure the relative performance of a range of commercial multifunction prosthetic hands. To compare different designs of hands, a single subject was used with repeated measures. Hands from Touch Bionics (i-limb),...