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Childress, D.S., Control of a High-Performance Prehensor, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, Vol. 22, pp. 65-67, Columbia, MO, 1986.

Childress, D.S., Myoelectrically Controlled NYU-Hosmer Prehension Actuator and Michigan Hook, J. of the Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics, Vol. 21, No. 2, p. 31, Summer, 1986.

Childress, D.S., Grahn, E.C., Manhart, T., Strysik, J.S., and Heckathorne, C.W., Recent Advances in the Design and Control of the Michigan Arm, J. of the Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics, Vol. 21, No. 2, p. 33, Summer, 1986. Also in Proc. ISPO, 1987.

Childress, D.S., Technology for Functional Ability and Independent Living, Aging and Rehabilitation: Advances in the State of the Art, Springer Publishing, eds, Brody, S.J., Ruff, G.E., Chapter 18, pp. 303-313, 1986.

Childress, D.S., Artificial Limbs. World Book Encyclopedia Medical Annual, 1986, First Edition.

Childress, D.S., and Scott, R.N., Roots of Myoelectric Prostheses: A Brief History of Early Developments University of New Brunswick, Monograph #III, July, 1986.

Childress, D.S., Issues Regarding Feedback In Limb Prostheses, Proceedings of the RESNA 9th Annual Conference, pp. 21-22, Minneapolis, MN 1986.

Compere, C.L., Early Fitting of Prostheses Following Amputation Symposium on Amputation Surgery and Prosthetics, Orthopedic Clinics of North America, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 215-226, 1986. .

Heckathorne, Craig W., PACA: Portable Anticipatory Communication Aid; Organization of PACA Letter Arrays. Technical Note Laboratory Report. Northwestern University Rehabilitation Engineering Program, 1986.

Heckathorne, C.W., Augmentative Manipulation Proceedings of the RESNA Ninth Annual Conference on Rehabilitation Technology, pp. 238-240, Minneapolis, MN, 1986 & Interactive Robotic Aids - One Option for Independent Living: An International Perspective, Monograph 37, pp. 38-41,1986.

Hedman, G.E., Yasulawa, A.M., An Adjustable Writing Device for Use With a Definitive Wrist Hand Orthosis, Orthotics and Prosthetics, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 40-43, 1986.

Kuiken, T., Ambulation Aid for Nonweightbearing Foot and Ankle Injuries - Suggestions from the Field, J. of Physical Therapy, Vol. 66, No. 9, pp. 1413-1414, September, 1986.

Lautenschlager, E.P., Wixson, R.L., Novak, M.A., and Bakir, N., Fatigue and Fracture Toughness of Simplex-P, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), Vol. 11, p. 118, New Orleans, LA, 1986.

Steege, J.W., Polizos, T., Lewis, J.L., and Wixson, R.L., Failure Mechanisms in PMMA Around Loaded Tibial Components, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), p. 355, February, 1986.

William, III, T.W., The Boston Elbow, SOMA, pp. 30-33, July 6, 1986.

Wixson, R.L., Elasky, N., Lewis, J.L., Cancellous Bone Material Properties in Osteoarthritic and Rheumatoid Total Knee Patients, General Orthopaedics Research, 1986.

Yarkony, G.M., Jones, R., Hedman, G., O'Donnell, A., Jones-Hedman Walker Modification for C7 Quadriplegic Patient: Care Study in Team Cooperation, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 67, pp. 54-55, January, 1986.

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