Building blocks system for a prosthesis training of a child with congenital amputee

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2016 Aug:2016:5034-5037. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591858.

Abstract

Our objective is to provide a novel habilitation experience using play to children with special needs, in particular to those with congenital defects of the upper limbs. Our concept is a device-assisted motivational training session using tangible building block devices. In order to verify the feasibility of our concept with used bioToys in a clinical training session with occupational therapists. Our participant was a one-year-old girl with congenital amputation of the right upper limb. We verified that bioToys could be used in clinical training for a prosthesis, and could assist with both playful training and quantitative therapeutic evaluation.

MeSH terms

  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Amputees*
  • Artificial Limbs
  • Electromyography
  • Electronics, Medical
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Prosthesis Design*
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Wireless Technology