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Veterans Administration Bulletin of .130

Department ofMedicine and Surgery

Prosthetics ResearchVol 16 . No . 2

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Washington DC 20420 BPR 10-32.4/

VERNON L. NICKEL, M.D ., Chairman

EUGENE F . MURPHY, Ph .D., Editor

William M. Bernstock

Bruce B. Blasch, Ph .D.Paul W . Brand, F .R .C .S.

Ernest M. Burgess, M .D.

Dudley Childress, Ph .D.

Franklyn K. CoombsCarlo J . De Luca, Ph.D.

Lois Elliott, Ph .D.Howard FreibergerRichard LeclairH . Richard Lehneis, Ph .D ., C.P.O.

Harry Levitt, Ph .D .

John Lyman, Ph .D.

Make McDermott, Ph .D.

Paul R. Meyer, M .D.

Wesley Moore, M .D.

M. Patricia Murray, Ph .D ., R.P.T.

Patrick W. Nye, Ph .D.

Edward Peizer, Ph .D.

Charles W. Radcliffe

James B . Reswick, Sc .D.

G. Heiner Sell, M .D.

F. Thomas Shipp, Ph .D.Anthony Staros

Robert E . Stewart, D .D.S.

EDITORIAL STAFF

TAMARA T. SOWELL., B .S ., R .P .T ., Associate EditorSTANLEY DALY, JR ., Managing Editor

Medical Consultant : Gustav Rubin, M .D . Technical Consultant: Leon Bennett, M .A .E.Editorial Consultant: Wilfred G . Holsberg Circulation Manager : Selma Denkenson

Technical Information Specialists : Lily W. Horn ; Thomas R . LanganPhotographer: Berdsell Franklin

The Bulletin of Prosthetics Research is a publication of the Rehabilitative EngineeringResearch and Development Service, Department of Medicine and Surgery, VeteransAdministration . The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and are notnecessarily those of the Veterans Administration . Address correspondence to Editor,Bulletin of Prosthetics Research, Office of Technology Transfer, Veterans Administra-tion, 252 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10001.

Contents of this Bulletin are within the public domain and not under copyrightexcept as noted here . Note : The article, Therapeutic and Economic Impact of a Mod-ern Amputation Program, by Malone et al ., is copyrighted 1979 by the Annals ofSurgery, J .B . Lippincott Co ., Phila ., Pa ., publisher.

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CONTENTS

Articles

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Editorial — National Institute of Handicapped Research(NIHR) — A Giant Step for Expanded Rehabilitation Re-search —R. R. Leclair 1

Therapeutic and Economic Impact of a Modern Amputa-tion ProgramJ. M. Malone, W . S . Moore, J. Goldstone, andS. J. Malone 7

Causal Relationship Between Service-Connected Amputa-tion and Subsequent Cardiovascular Disorder : A Reviewof the Literature and a Statistical Analysis of the Relation-ship—Senate Committee Print No . 6, 96th Congress, 1st Session,Printed for the Use of the Committee on Veterans ' Affairs . . . 18

End-Bearing Characteristics of Patellar-Tendon-BearingProstheses—A Preliminary Report—K. K . Katz, Z, Susak,R. Seliktar, and T. Najenson 55

The Spartacus Telethesis : Manipulator Control Studies J.Guittet, H. H. Kwee, N. Quetin, and J. Yclon 69

A Preliminary Evaluation of Remote Medical Manipulators—K. Corker, J. H. Lyman, and S . S. Sheredos 107

Some Aspects of High Performance Indoor/OutdoorWheelchairs — G. Stout 135

The Infrared Light Transmission Hearing Aid—B . Leshowitz 177

Reflections on Automotive Adaptive Equipment—An Essay—E.F. Murphy 191

Technical Notes

Harnessing Technique for Myoelectric Arm Prosthesis—M.Solomonow, C. Adair, and J . H. Lyman 208

Low Cost Assistive Device Systems for a High Spinal-CordInjured Person in the Home Environment—G . Schmeisser

Rehabilitation Services Administration, Rehabilitation EngineeringCenter Programs 225

VA Rehabilitative Engineering Research and DevelopmentService Programs 305

Sensory Aids Program — Edited by H. Freiberger

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VA Prosthetics Center

Report—A . Staros and E . Peizer 439

Departments

Notes and News 501Recent Patents 509Abstracts of Recent Articles 515Publications of Interest 529Calendar of Events 540