Intermanual transfer in prosthetic training

The concept of intermanual transfer might be used to start prosthesis training faster after the amputation. Intermanual transfer means that after training motor skills on one side, the other side will also improve. For prosthesis training this means that, directly after the amputation, one starts to train the unaffected arm. With this, the prosthesis skills of the affected side can improve. In this thesis the intermanual transfer effect of the prosthetic training was shown in healthy adults and children. After this, it is studied if the effect could be enlarged with adaptation in the training tasks, the inter-training intervals and by adding mirror therapy and mental imagery to the training. If, using intermanual transfer, the prosthesis training is started earlier this might lead to higher motivation to keep on using the prosthesis.