Bone-anchored prostheses for individuals with limb loss: Prosthetics or bionics? | QUT ePrints QUT Home Contact Home Browse About Login Bone-anchored prostheses for individuals with limb loss: Prosthetics or bionics? Frossard, Laurent (2016) Bone-anchored prostheses for individuals with limb loss: Prosthetics or bionics? In 4th International Conference on MedicalBionics, 2016-11-20 - 2016-11-23. Preview PDF (446kB) Abs-MedicalBionics conf-Brisbane-Overview BAP-ePrint 01.pdf. Description Introduction Individuals with limb amputation fitted with conventional socket-suspended prostheses often experience socket-related discomfort leading to a significant decrease in quality of life. Bone-anchored prostheses (BAP) are an alternative method of attachment of artificial limb. In this case, the prosthesis is attached directly to the residual skeleton through a percutaneous fixation. To date, a few osseointegration fixations are commercially available. Several devices are at different stages of development particularly in Europe and the US. However, surgical procedures are currently blooming worldwide with Australia having one of the fastest growing populations. Previous studies focusing on BAP have focused on fragmented biomechanics aspects as well as the clinical benefits and safety of the procedure. However, very few publications have synthetized this information and provided an overview of the current developments. The purpose of the presentation was to provide an overview of the state-of-art developments in BAP with as strong emphasis on treatment, clinical outcomes and more importantly opportunities for bone-anchored neuroprostheses. Methods Mapping of the developments was achieved by scrutinising over 40 scientific publications including literature reviews, research and case reports articles produced over the last decade. Results Scientific evidence confirmed that BAP engenders major clinical benefits (e.g., quality of life, prosthetic use, body image, hip range of motion, sitting comfort, ease of donning and doffing, osseoperception, walking ability) with acceptable clinical risks (e.g., implant stability, rate of infection, breakage of fixation parts) while providing pathways for bone-anchored neuroprostheses. Conclusion BAP are a relevant alternative to socket prosthesis. Furthermore, it is anticipated that implantation of osseointegrated fixations in conjunction with internal wires harvesting physiological signals to activate external prostheses is going to bloom in the next decade. Prosthetic research could potentially make the bionic human a step closer! Impact and interest: Search Google Scholar™ Citation counts are sourced monthly from Scopus and Web of Science® citation databases. These databases contain citations from different subsets of available publications and different time periods and thus the citation count from each is usually different. Some works are not in either database and no count is displayed. Scopus includes citations from articles published in 1996 onwards, and Web of Science® generally from 1980 onwards. Citations counts from the Google Scholar™ indexing service can be viewed at the linked Google Scholar™ search. Notify us of incorrect data How to use citation counts More information Full-text downloads: 78 since deposited on 17 Nov 2016 3 in the past twelve months Full-text downloads displays the total number of times this work’s files (e.g., a PDF) have been downloaded from QUT ePrints as well as the number of downloads in the previous 365 days. The count includes downloads for all files if a work has more than one. More statistics... ID Code: 101748 Item Type: Contribution to conference (Poster) Refereed: Yes Keywords: Amputation, Bone-anchored prosthesis, Clinical outcomes, Osseointegration Pure ID: 57292755 Divisions: Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Health ?? 15 - ?? Past > Institutes > Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation Copyright Owner: Copyright 2016 [please consult the author] Copyright Statement: This work is covered by copyright. Unless the document is being made available under a Creative Commons Licence, you must assume that re-use is limited to personal use and that permission from the copyright owner must be obtained for all other uses. If the document is available under a Creative Commons License (or other specified license) then refer to the Licence for details of permitted re-use. It is a condition of access that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. If you believe that this work infringes copyright please provide details by email to qut.copyright@qut.edu.au Deposited On: 17 Nov 2016 22:35 Last Modified: 28 Jul 2021 18:40 Export: EndNote | Dublin Core | BibTeX Repository Staff Only: item control page Home Browse research About CRICOS No. 00213J ABN 83 791 724 622 Accessibility Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Right to Information
