Appendix 2.
Subject characteristics and anthropometric measures.
| Subject no. | Gender | Age | Acquired/congenital defect | Affected side | Dominant side | Maximum cable force (N) | Body mapsa | Shoulder widthb | Affected upper-arm lengthc | Sound upper-arm circumferenced | Affected upper-arm circumferenced | Remnant lengthe | Weight (kg) | Height (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | F | 60 | Acquired | R | R | 87 | 2 | 39.7 | 31.7 | 25.0 | 23.6 | 20.9 | 57 | 164 |
| 9 | F | 54 | Acquired | L | R | 134 | 1 | 35.1 | 33.9 | 27.3 | 26.0 | 24.1 | 58 | 172 |
| 14 | F | 69 | Acquired | L | R | 198 | 2 | 40.3 | 33.3 | 36.8 | 34.3 | 15.4 | 93 | 168 |
| 12 | F | 52 | Congenital | R | R | 100 | 0 | 36.8 | 33.2 | 26.7 | 22.5 | 9.1 | 60 | 169 |
| 7 | F | 49 | Congenital | L | R | 118 | 3 | 38.2 | 36.5 | 31.5 | 29.0 | 10.0 | 70 | 177 |
| 19 | F | 58 | Congenital | L | R | 148 | 3 | 39.3 | 31.4 | 28.3 | 27.2 | 14.7 | 64 | 161 |
| 8 | F | 46 | Congenital | L | R | 164 | 0 | 35.7 | 33.3 | 26.5 | 24.5 | 16.7 | 57 | 161 |
| 2 | F | 20 | Congenital | L | R | 165 | 1 | 36.4 | 35.5 | 26.0 | 23.2 | 10.5 | 64 | 168 |
| 4 | F | 43 | Congenital | L | L | 182 | 3 | 40.0 | 35.4 | 33.4 | 27.2 | 9.7 | 94 | 173 |
| 18 | F | 34 | Congenital | L | L | 290 | 1 | 41.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 31.0 | 18.0 | 89 | 168 |
| 10 | F | 54 | Congenital | R | L | 308 | 1 | 37.5 | 33.5 | 32.0 | 26.8 | 10.5 | 68 | 168 |
| 17 | F | 43 | Congenital | R | L | 360 | 1 | 39.4 | 28.4 | 23.8 | 34.0 | 14.9 | 91 | 170 |
| 23 | M | 49 | Acquired | L | R | 229 | 1 | 48.0 | 35.4 | 45.5 | 46.5 | 23.5 | – | 186 |
| 1 | M | 57 | Acquired | L | R | 360 | 0 | 42.0 | 37.5 | 34.0 | 30.5 | 17.0 | 103 | 187 |
| 3 | M | 68 | Acquired | R | R | 369 | 1 | 42.3 | 35.4 | 34.5 | 32.0 | 18.4 | 81 | 170 |
| 16 | M | 50 | Acquired | L | L | 442 | 2 | 45.0 | 35.0 | 32.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 98 | 184 |
| 6 | M | 35 | Acquired | L | R | 490 | 2 | 41.2 | 35.0 | 27.8 | 27.5 | 31.9 | 68 | 178 |
| 20 | M | 68 | Acquired | R | R | 538 | 2 | 44.2 | 34.7 | 31.0 | 26.0 | 20.0 | 85 | 179 |
| 22 | M | 55 | Congenital | L | L | 199 | 3 | 41.5 | 34.5 | 28.3 | 24.9 | 23.2 | 62 | 176 |
| 5 | M | 63 | Congenital | L | R | 213 | 0 | 41.0 | 32.0 | 31.5 | 25.5 | 10.7 | 74 | 172 |
| 21 | M | 37 | Congenital | R | R | 259 | 1 | 45.5 | 35.1 | 31.0 | 30.0 | 12.9 | 82 | 185 |
| 15 | M | 25 | Congenital | R | R | 273 | 1 | 40.9 | 34.0 | 32.0 | 28.5 | 12.3 | 76 | 178 |
| 13 | M | 47 | Congenital | R | R | 278 | 1 | 45.0 | 37.5 | 31.2 | 24.3 | 8.9 | 82 | 186 |
M: male; F: female; R: right; L: left.
Subjects are sorted by gender and the cause of their arm defect (indicated by the horizontal lines).
a
Body maps: 0 = none, 1 = mild sensation, 2 = irritation, and 3 = pain.
Anthropometric data (cm) were taken following the instructions of the NASA Reference Publication 1024: b103: biacromial breadth; c751: shoulder–elbow length; d113: biceps circumference, relaxed; and e381: forearm–hand length (the fingertips are represented by the far end of the subjects’ stump).