limb prosthesis
The impact of using an upper-limb prosthesis on the perception of real and illusory weight differences
... Most research on prosthetic use examines prosthetic users functional ability to undertake activities of daily living (Haverkate, Smit, & Plettenburg, 2016; Wallace et al., 1999). However, our hands not only are tools ...
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A mechatronic system for achieving optimum alignment of lower limb prosthesis
... Anatomically, human body consists of multiple joints and segments, rotating about their axis. For lower limbs (shown in Figure 2.5), Winter [27] defined the hip angle as the difference between the trunk and the thigh, ...
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Osseointegrated total hip replacement connected to a lower limb prosthesis: a proof-of-concept study with three cases
... Traditionally, transfemoral amputees have been rehabili- tated using a socket prosthesis. However, over the past two decades, innovative surgical techniques that connect the lower limb prosthesis ...
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Retrospective Study on External Canine Limb Prosthesis used in 24 patients
... the prosthesis and to prevent complications or further injury to the ...the prosthesis and a schedule for gradual introduction should be ...the prosthesis into the everyday life of the patient and ...
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Comparison of vibrotactile and joint-torque feedback in a myoelectric upper-limb prosthesis
... Second, the no haptic feedback condition substituted pure visual feedback of the block deformations with a dis- play scope of aperture. Therefore, it was an interpreted method of visual feedback, which may or may not ...
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Kinetics of lower limb prosthesis: automated detection of vertical loading rate
... The loading profile can be calculated using inverse dynamics equations, providing the comprehensive dynamics and kinematics information responsible for the prosthetic and sound ankle, knee and hip joint kinetics [18–25]. ...
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An Investigation into a Gear Based Knee Joint Designed for Lower Limb Prosthesis
... (AK) prosthesis are determined by the joint kinetics ...unipolar prosthesis were observed by Lian et al. [6] when the prosthesis was moved at a different gait cycle under static upright ...
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Evaluation of EMG pattern recognition for upper limb prosthesis control: a case study in comparison with direct myoelectric control
... The architecture of EMG PR control applied in this study is shown in Fig. 1. The input EMG signals were streamed into the system and analyzed within overlap- ping, sliding time-windows (the window length was 200 ms; the ...
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Flexible and static wrist units in upper limb prosthesis users: functionality scores, user satisfaction and compensatory movements
... A strength of the study was the application of a combination of quantitative and qualitative measure- ments instruments. Where the quantitative measures did not show differences over the four wrist condi- tions, user ...
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Upper- and lower-limb amputees show reduced levels of eeriness for images of prosthetic hands
... a prosthesis affects the uncanny phenomenon with this type of ...prosthetic limb users found the realistic and unre- alistic cosmetic prostheses to be significantly less eerie than the other groups, despite ...
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The effect of surface inclination and limb on knee loading measures in transtibial prosthesis users
... limbs was only partially supported. Previous research re- ported increased KAM-F during the intact limb’s initial loading phase [44] and that the intact limb is more likely to develop knee OA when compared to ...
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Estimation of Actuation System Parameters for Lower Limb Prostheses
... lower limb prosthesis’ joints are a significant issue because if the actuator power is underestimated, the adequate power is not delivered across the prosthetic joint to accomplish the intended ...
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Utilising the repertory grid technique in visual prosthetic design : promoting a user-centred approach
... / Repertory Grid Technique Method for Aesthetic of Below-Limb Prosthesis design 12 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 The specifications of the design system applied by the visual prost[r] ...
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3D Printed Prosthesis Replacement for Limb Salvage after Radical Resection of an Ameloblastoma in the Tibia with 1 Year of Follow Up: A Case Report
... rare. Limb reconstruction after tumor resection is challenging in terms of selection of the operative ...with limb salvage using a three-dimensional (3D)-printed prosthesis replacement, with 1-year ...
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Prosthetic energy return during walking increases after 3 weeks of adaptation to a new device
... positive prosthesis and sound ankle-foot work, as well as an increase in self- selected ...Increased prosthesis work could reflect a greater step-by-step utilization of a prosthesis’ spring-like ...
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Study of Transtibial Prosthesis at ALC, Chennai, with Special Reference to Modular Prosthesis
... B.K. Prosthesis with SACH foot and fifteen using Modular B.K Prosthesis with SACH foot for more than 6 months attending ALC, Chennai were selected for the ...
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Study of modelling approach on nose prosthesis compared to human smell sensing activity with advanced design technique
... the prosthesis nose comes in this paper where nose (nasal) prosthesis is a type of craniofacial prosthesis used to replace an absent nose ...nose prosthesis is flexible and made to move with ...
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Implantation of customized 3 D printed titanium prosthesis in limb salvage surgery: a case series and review of the literature
... Firstly, all patients were scanned by computer tomog- raphy (CT) (Mutislice 64, GE Healthcare, USA). Magni- fied slices with 0.625 mm thickness were obtained using a soft tissue standard filter (a matrix of 512 × 512 ...
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A comprehensive musculoskeletal and peripheral nervous system assessment of war-related bilateral upper extremity amputees
... There is also limited information about routine clinical examination of upper limb amputations. Successful pros- thetic rehabilitation requires adequate muscle strength and normal joint motion [12, 13]. Amputees ...
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<p>Interprosthetic femoral fractures: management challenges</p>
... of limb alignment (Figure ...knee prosthesis does not have a stem, the fl are of the locking plate extends into the condylar region with multiple locking screws clustered around the implant wherever ...knee ...
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