Evaluation of 3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthetic Devices in Children With Upper Congenital Limb Deficiency

Evaluation of 3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthetic Devices in Children With Upper Congenital Limb Deficiency

Evaluation of Gamified Training for 3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthetic Devices in Children With Upper Congenital Limb Deficiency

This will be a prospective study over a 14-month duration with clinical evaluations throughout. Limitless Solutions will provide prosthetics and training system for study subjects that qualify for enrollment.

Prosthetics for children are costly and those families who do get them often find that children don't use them for very long for a variety of reasons, including weight and ease of use. Limitless Solutions has developed technology to create personalized bionics for people with disabilities at an affordable cost. This will be a prospective study over a 14-month duration with clinical evaluations throughout. Limitless Solutions will provide prosthetics and training system for study subjects free of charge. During each visit, the study team will include an occupational therapist, a prosthetist, a study coordinator, and a research volunteer along with Limitless support staff and a supervising physician. Subject will complete quality of life questionnaires throughout their participation.

All subjects will use the 3D Prosthetic device and complete a variety of quality of life questionnaires.

Quality of life and function ability will be measured through questionnaire, surveys and motor testing while using the 3D myoelectric device.

Box and Blocks Test measures gross motor dexterity skills with an experienced occupational therapist with both dominant and non-dominant hand by moving blocks into a box in a specific timeframe while using the 3D myoelectric prosthetic device. This will be done at delivery of device, 5 months and 14 months after delivery.

Children's Hand-use Experience Questionnaire is in PDF format We have developed the questionnaire to evaluate the experience of children and adolescents in using the affected hand or hand prostheses in activities where usually two hands are needed.

The PedsQL Measurement Model is a questionnaire that is designed to measure health-related quality of life in healthy children and adolescents and those with acute and chronic health conditions.

The GUESS is a psychometrically validated and comprehensive gaming scale with nine subscales (e.g., Usability/Playability, Creative Freedom, and Social Connectivity) and 55 items in total. The GUESS is intended for any playtesting and game evaluation purposes.

The Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument (PODCI) is an outcomes assessment tool developed to allow measurement of health-related quality of life in children with disorders having musculoskeletal impact. This can be patient or parent reported and addresses activities of daily living.

This survey is designed to qualitatively identify any influence the use of the prosthetic device has throughout the study and for qualitative comparison across the patient population.

Inclusion Criteria: Children between the ages of 7 to 17 Congenital/infant upper limb deficiency specifically transhumeral and transradial limb deficiency as identified by Limbitless Solutions. Exclusion Criteria: Non-English-speaking children and families. Any shoulder or wrist disarticulation will be excluded.

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