OtherProsthetics and orthotics international2018
Prosthesis Prescription Protocol of the Arm (PPP-Arm): The implementation of a national prosthesis prescription protocol.
Paula Wijdenes, Michael Brouwers, Corry K van der Sluis
PMID 29301461WHAT IT FOUND
There is no patient outcome evidence here.
The paper describes a national protocol for prescribing upper-limb prostheses in the Netherlands.
What this paper is
This is a description of a national protocol for prescribing upper-limb prostheses in the Netherlands. It explains how the protocol is structured and used by rehabilitation teams, but it reports no patient outcomes or comparative results, so there is nothing here to change practice on.
Declared interests
The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest and received no financial support.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the protocol description as evidence that it improves outcomes or quality of care. The paper reports no patient outcomes or comparative results.