Plastic soda bottles: A reusable material for making transradial sockets

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-106

  Wu, Yeongchi ^a   Casanova, Hector R ^a   Ikeda, Andrea J ^a  

^a Center for International Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate technology; Fabrication techniques; Plastic soda bottle; Prosthetics and orthotics in developing countries; Upper limb prosthetics

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; SILICONE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

AMPUTATION STUMP; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEATING; MODEL; ORTHOTICS; PLASTER CAST; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RECYCLING; THICKNESS; TRANSRADIAL SOCKET PROSTHESIS; ARM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS; PROSTHESIS;

AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTEES; ARM; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING;

EID: 67650610120     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640902810717     Document Type: Article

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