Comfort and function remain key factors in upper limb prosthetic abandonment: findings of a scoping review

Rates of prosthetic device abandonment are dramatically high; however, the reasons behind abandonment are less understood. A scoping review was conducted to explore the current state of the literature on why individuals abandon upper limb prosthetic devices and consider how these reasons have evolved historically.A systematic search of the literature identified 123 articles. After reviewing the articles using predetermined inclusion and...