Myoelectric training for preschool children

Sixteen normal preschool children were taught to control myoelectric signals with conventional trainers used by adult amputees and specially adapted, myoelectrically controlled toys. The children were divided into four groups, according to whether they were first taught to control trainers or toys and whether 1-site or 2-site control systems were used. Most (15) of the children performed better with the toys than with the trainers (p less than 0.0005); the different control systems and different training sequences did not produce statistically significant differences in the scores.