Functional outcomes in the WHO-ICF model: Establishment of the upper limb prosthetic outcome measures group

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-119

  Hill, Wendy ^a   Stavdahl, Øyvind ^b   Hermansson, Liselotte Norling ^c   Kyberd, Peter ^a   Swanson, Shawn ^d   Hubbard, Sheila ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH   (United States)

^e HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Occupational therapy; Outcome measure; Prosthetic ands; Upper limb prosthetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349306171     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPO.0b013e3181a1d2dc     Document Type: Conference Paper

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