Taber's Medical Dictionary
Boston arm
A myoelectric prosthesis for above-the-elbow amputations. The elbow is powered by a small battery-driven motor, activated in proportion to the strength of contraction detected in the control muscle.
SYN: SEE: Boston elbow; SEE: Liberty Mutual elbow
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Boston Arm." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central Redesign, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732764/all/Boston_arm.
Boston arm. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732764/all/Boston_arm. Accessed December 3, 2021.
Boston arm. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732764/all/Boston_arm
Boston Arm [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2021 December 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732764/all/Boston_arm.
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