1. Sam Dovelle, OTR/L, is Director of Hand Rehabilitation at Metropolitan Washington Hand Associates, Silver Spring, Maryland
2. Patricia K. Heeter, MA, OTR/L, is a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps. At the time of this study, she was a graduate student in exercise science at George Washington University, Washington, DC. She is presently the Chief of Occupational Therapy, Ireland Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox, Kentucky 40121-5520. Patricia K. Heeter contributed to this article in her private capacity.
3. Douglas R. Fischer, COTA, is on the staff of Metropolitan Washington Hand Associates, Silver Spring, Maryland
4. Jimmy A. Chow, MD, FACS, is Director of the Replantation Microsurgery Unit at Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, and Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery at George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC