In order to meet the needs of a person with an arm defect, many, sometimes conflicting, requirements have to be fulfilled. These requirements can be summarized into three basic demands: cosmetics, comfort, and control [1, 2]
The goal of the project is to design and build functional prosthetic limbs in a reproducible, aesthe...
Severe hand injuries resulting from accidents can lead to the traumatic loss of an upper limb. The p...
Users of body powered prostheses (BPP) complain about too high operating forces, leading to pain and...
The voluntary opening prostheses have a limited pinch force, limiting the performance of the users i...
The purpose of this study was to find an optimal operation force, at which the prosthetic user recei...
High rejection rates indicate that prosthetic users are not satisfied with the performance of their ...
The Wilmer Rotational Instant Seizing Tentacle (WRIST) is a Voluntary Closing (VC) hook prosthesis f...
There are currently over 500,000 people with upper extremity amputations living in the United States...
The WILMER appealing prehensor is a body-powered (BP) prosthesis for people with a trans-radial uppe...
Despite recent significant advances in technology and medicine, the number of patients who undergo a...
In the Netherlands approximately 3750 persons have an arm defect: they miss (part of) their hand, fo...
Modern prosthetics use robotic gripping devices to return functionality to the user impaired by a lo...
Nowadays forearm prosthesis are far from optimal, factors that need to be optimized are the mass, th...
Patients with degenerative neuromuscular diseases experience decreasing muscle function, starting fr...
Upper limb amputees, using a body-powered prosthesis, generate energy with their shoulders which lea...
The goal of the project is to design and build functional prosthetic limbs in a reproducible, aesthe...
Severe hand injuries resulting from accidents can lead to the traumatic loss of an upper limb. The p...
Users of body powered prostheses (BPP) complain about too high operating forces, leading to pain and...
The voluntary opening prostheses have a limited pinch force, limiting the performance of the users i...
The purpose of this study was to find an optimal operation force, at which the prosthetic user recei...
High rejection rates indicate that prosthetic users are not satisfied with the performance of their ...
The Wilmer Rotational Instant Seizing Tentacle (WRIST) is a Voluntary Closing (VC) hook prosthesis f...
There are currently over 500,000 people with upper extremity amputations living in the United States...
The WILMER appealing prehensor is a body-powered (BP) prosthesis for people with a trans-radial uppe...
Despite recent significant advances in technology and medicine, the number of patients who undergo a...
In the Netherlands approximately 3750 persons have an arm defect: they miss (part of) their hand, fo...
Modern prosthetics use robotic gripping devices to return functionality to the user impaired by a lo...
Nowadays forearm prosthesis are far from optimal, factors that need to be optimized are the mass, th...
Patients with degenerative neuromuscular diseases experience decreasing muscle function, starting fr...
Upper limb amputees, using a body-powered prosthesis, generate energy with their shoulders which lea...
The goal of the project is to design and build functional prosthetic limbs in a reproducible, aesthe...
Severe hand injuries resulting from accidents can lead to the traumatic loss of an upper limb. The p...
Users of body powered prostheses (BPP) complain about too high operating forces, leading to pain and...