Objectifying the functional advantages of prosthetic wrist flexion

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 74-78

  Bertels, Thomas ^a   Schmalz, Thomas ^a   Ludwigs, Eva ^a  

^a Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compensatory movements; Flexion wrist; Motion analysis; Prosthetic wrist joint; Upper limb prosthetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349319271     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPO.0b013e3181a10f46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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