This patient received 26 outpatient occupational therapy sessions for a total of 32.5 hr during an 18-week period. All treatment goals were achieved with the exception of psychosocial adjustment issues, which are ongoing. He made significant gains in right upper quadrant muscle isolation and demonstrated control and strength of the upper, middle, and lower trapezius fibers adequate for a myoele...

1 Previously published in Orthopadie Technik, 4/76, 58-60. Introduction M o r e than twenty years ago, McLaur in (1954) published his first report on the Canadian hip disarticulation prosthesis. His work was aimed at improving the conventional design of the saucer-type and tilting table prostheses. A measure of his success can be seen in that the Canadian-type has made the other two almost obso...

•Based on a paper presented at the Second World Congress, ISPO, New York, 1977. Abstract Following a brief survey of the historic develop­ ment of pneumatic prostheses the actual prin­ ciples of prosthetic management in bilateral shoulder disarticulation or bilateral amelia are explained. The active functions are restricted to active prona t ion and supination, active gripping of the terminal d...