High voltage electrical burn resulting in upper limb amputation

Upper limb prosthetics for high level arm amputation.

The paper covers the analysis of residual stump and upper body motions and their involvement in the patients' manipulatory functions. Attention is given to prosthetic techniques that do not restrict the residual motions. A single cable controlled hybrid arm prosthesis is presented with different individual cases. The kinetic structure and the control of prosthesis vary in each case to meet the ...

Synopsis of Causation Upper Limb Amputation

Cerebral corticospinal tract injury resulting from high-voltage electrical shock.

Electrical injuries are becoming more common and are increasingly imaged with advanced technologies, such as MR imaging. However, the MR imaging findings of such injuries remain largely unstudied. We report a high-voltage electrical injury to the cerebral corticospinal tracts and document evolution on serial MR images.

Painful neuromata following upper limb amputation.

Painful neuromata occurring after upper limb amputation are a significant cause of stump pain and limit the success of prosthetic training and use. There is little information in the literature regarding incidence, consequences or outcomes of painful neuromata subsequent to upper limb amputation. This article reports an analysis of thirty-two consecutive upper limb amputees. Of these 25% had mo...

Prosthesis use in persons with lower- and upper-limb amputation.

This study identified clinical (e.g., etiology) and demographic factors related to prosthesis use in persons with upper- and lower-limb amputation (ULA and LLA, respectively) and the effect of phantom limb pain (PLP) and residual limb pain (RLP) on prosthesis use. A total of 752 respondents with LLA and 107 respondents with ULA completed surveys. Factors related to greater use (hours per day) f...