Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment

Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment

Abstract Background Prosthetic arm research predominantly focuses on “bionic” but not body-powered arms. However, any research orientation along user needs requires sufficiently precise workplace specifications and sufficiently hard testing. Forensic medicine is a demanding environment, also physica...

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Main Authors: Wolf Schweitzer, Michael J. Thali, David Egger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
Prosthesis design
Artificial limbs
Artificial arm
Body-powered prosthetic arm
Myoelectric prosthetic arm
User-driven design
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12984-017-0340-0

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