Developers of MACS

In 2002 we started to work on this hand classification. The members of the group have different competencies and professions, they are located in different universities in Sweden. The team collaborates with CanChild, Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University in Hamilton ON, Canada. We have continued the discussion during different circumstances until consensus occurred in the group, than we tested the classification in several ways until we felt confident to present if for you.

Marianne Arner, Ann-Christin Eliasson, Birgit Rösblad,Peter Rosenbaum,
Eva Beckung, Lena Krumlinde-Sundholm

Marianne Arner
MD, PhD
Hand Unit, Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University Hospital, Sweden

Ann-Christin Eliasson
OT, PhD, Professor
Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Birgit Rösblad
PT, PhD
Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, University of Umeå, Sweden

Peter Rosenbaum
MD, FRCP
(C) CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University, Hamilton ON Canada

Eva Beckung
PT, PhD
Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Lena Krumlinde-Sundholm
OT, PhD
Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden