Efficiency of voluntary opening hand and hook prosthetic devices: 24 years of development?

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-534

  Smit, Gerwin ^a   Bongers, Raoul M ^b   Van der Sluis, Corry K ^b   Plettenburg, Dick H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body powered; Efficiency; Hysteresis; Prosthetic design; Prosthetic evaluation; Prosthetic hand; Prosthetics; Qualitative testing; Upper limb; Voluntary opening

Indexed keywords

BODY POWERED; PROSTHETIC DESIGN; PROSTHETIC HANDS; UPPER LIMBS; VOLUNTARY OPENING;

EFFICIENCY; HOOKS; HYSTERESIS;

PROSTHETICS;

ACTIVATION FORCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CABLE DISPLACEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GLOVE; HAND PROSTHESIS; HOOK PROSTHESIS; HYSTERESIS; MASS; MAXIMUM CABLE EXCURSION; MAXIMUM CABLE FORCE; MECHANICAL WORK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OPENING SPAN; PARAMETERS; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY OPENING PROSTHETIC TERMINAL DEVICE;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; EFFICIENCY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 84862652418     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2011.07.0125     Document Type: Article

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