 Artificial Limbs
"Artificial Limbs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Prosthetic replacements for arms, legs, and parts thereof.
| Descriptor ID |
D001186
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.695.050 E07.858.082.050 E07.858.442.050
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| Concept/Terms |
Artificial Limbs- Artificial Limbs
- Limb Prosthesis
- Limb Prostheses
- Prostheses, Limb
- Prosthesis, Limb
- Limbs, Artificial
- Artificial Limb
- Limb, Artificial
- Extremities, Artificial
- Artificial Extremities
- Artificial Extremity
- Extremity, Artificial
Leg Prosthesis- Leg Prosthesis
- Leg Prostheses
- Prostheses, Leg
- Prosthesis, Leg
- Leg, Artificial
- Artificial Leg
- Artificial Legs
- Legs, Artificial
Artificial Arm- Artificial Arm
- Arm, Artificial
- Arms, Artificial
- Artificial Arms
- Arm Prosthesis
- Arm Prostheses
- Prostheses, Arm
- Prosthesis, Arm
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2020 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2021 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2022 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2023 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2024 | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 2025 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Artificial Limbs" by people in Profiles.
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Earley EJ, Milius DW, Awad ME, Melton DH, Ahmed K, Leijendekkers RA, Potter BK, Stevens PM, Gaffney BMM, Christiansen CL, Stoneback JW. Establishing Consensus for Prescription of Prosthetic Components for Transfemoral Bone-Anchored Limbs: An International Delphi Method Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2025 Oct; 106(10):1565-1574.
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Awad ME, Lev G, Melton DH, Shaw KG, Thomsen-Freitas PB, Gaffney BMM, Christiansen CL, Stoneback JW. Colorado Limb Donning-Timed Up and Go (COLD-TUG) Test in Lower-Extremity Amputation: Less Donning Time with Osseointegrated Bone-Anchored Prosthetic Limb. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2025 May 13; 107(14):1611-1619.
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Earley EJ. Development of the Myoelectric Control Resolution Assessment: A Rapid and Device-Agnostic Outcome Measure for Upper-Limb Prostheses. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2025 May; 2025:273-278.
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Ekdahl MA, Vandenberg NW, Melton DH, Hendershot BD, Christiansen CL, Stoneback JW, Gaffney BMM. Transfemoral bone-anchored limb use changes dynamic hip muscle forces during walking. J Biomech. 2025 Apr; 183:112620.
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Shaw KG, Awad ME, Melton D, Gaffney BMM, Christiansen CL, Stoneback JW. Patient-Reported Outcomes of Pain and Related Quality of Life 1 Year After Bone-Anchored Limb Implantation in Patients with Lower-Limb Amputation. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2025 Apr 16; 107(8):e32.
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Thomsen-Freitas PB, Stoneback JW, Tracy JB, Awad ME, Melton DH, Gaffney BMM, Christiansen CL. Altered cumulative joint moments and increased joint moment symmetry during sit-to-stand transitions for transfemoral bone-anchored limb users: A case series. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2025 Apr; 124:106476.
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Tinsley JP, Dana Carpenter R, Vandenberg NW, Stoneback JW, Gaffney BMM. Estimating temporal bone-implant stresses in patients with bone-anchored lower limbs. J Biomech. 2025 Mar; 182:112569.
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Swink LA, Akay RB, Rich TL, Anderson CB, Schmid AA, Christiansen CL, Nearing KA. "I was angry that I fell" all the way to "if I fall, I fall": a qualitative study of the spectrum of behavioral fall risk factors for veterans with dysvascular lower-limb amputation. Disabil Rehabil. 2025 Aug; 47(17):4569-4579.
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Gaffney BMM, Gimarc D, Thomsen-Freitas PB, Pattee J, Wong C, Milius DW, Melton DH, Christiansen CL, Stoneback JW. Associations Between Skeletal Alignment and Biomechanical Symmetry Before and After Transfemoral Bone-anchored Limb Implantation. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2025 05 01; 483(5):902-914.
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Tracy JB, Gaffney BMM, Thomsen PB, Awad ME, Melton DH, Christiansen CL, Stoneback JW. Dynamic gait stability and stability symmetry for people with transfemoral amputation: A case-series of 19 individuals with bone-anchored limbs. J Biomech. 2024 Jun; 171:112208.
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