ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 8548-3 First edition 1993-07-01 Prosthetics and orthotics --- Limb deficiencies - Part 3: Method of describing upper limb amputation stumps Protheses et ortheses - Malformations des membres - Partie 3: Méthode de description des moignons d'amputation des membressupérieurs Referencenumber ISO8548-3:1993(E) ISO8548-3:1993(E) Foreword isO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (lsO member bodies). The work of preparingInternationalStandardsisnormallycarriedoutthroughIso technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnica! Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. ISO/TC 168,Prosthetics and orthotics. ISO 8548 consists of the following parts, under the general title Pros- thetics and orthotics --Limb deficiencies: -Part 1:Method of describing limb deficiencies present at birth -Part2:Method of describing lower limbamputation stumps - Part 3:Method of describing upper limb amputation stumps - Part 4: Causal conditions leading to amputation -Part5:Patientdescriptors Annex A of this part of ISO 8548 is for information only. ISO1993 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical, inciuding photocopying and microfilm,without per- mission in writing from the publisher. International Organization for Standardization CasePostale56·CH-1211Geneve20·Switzerland Printed in Switzerland i ISO 8548-3:1993(E) Introduction Many different systems have been developed to classify amputation stumps, but none has achieved universal acceptance. The reasons for this with different patients and different technical possibilities, develop their own systems to meet their individual needs. Hence there is a need for an international system to be developed in order to compare one publication with another, one patient against another. The different care groups who will appreciate and use a standardized system of describing stumps in- clude surgeons of different disciplines, other doctors (especially those concerned with rehabilitation), physical and occupational therapists and prosthetists. government health officials. The system proposed has to meet the needs of the different members of the clinic team and to enable the description of the stump to be re- corded in a way that can be easily incorporated in reports. This part of ISO 8548 deliberately aims at defining the minimum information to be described. It should be feasible for this information to be included in forms designed by the individual institution; the information should also be ca- pableofreadyadaptationforcomputeranalysis ili