《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2002, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (03): 173-173.

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Observation of the effect of occupational therapy(OT) on patients wearing the upper limd prosthesis

LU Xiao-xi,JI Shu-rong,CAO Xue-jun   

  1. Department of Occupational Therapy,Beijing Bo'ai Hospital affiliated to China Rehbilitation Research Center,Beijing 100077,China
  • Received:2001-09-05 Published:2002-03-25 Online:2002-03-25

Abstract: ObjectiveTo observe effect of OT training on patients wearing the upper limd prosthesis. MethodsThe effect of OT to 30 patients with upper arm prosthesis was analyzed using FIM score before and after training. ResultsAfter 1-3-month OT training, the patients' FIM score were improved significantly(P<0.01).Conclusions OT is an effective method on the patients wearing upper arm prosthesis.

Key words: upper arm prosthesis, occupational therapy, functional independent measure