LeBlanc M
Rehabilitation Engineering Center, Children's Hospital at Sanford, Palo Alto, California 94304.
Prosthet Orthot Int. 1988 Dec;12(3):152-4. doi: 10.3109/03093648809079399.
Estimates are given of the type and number of prosthetic prehensors - both hooks and hands - used in the USA, United Kingdom, West Germany and Sweden by upper limb amputees. Implications are made for differences between countries and for thorough assessment of amputees before clinical fittings.