The final developments of a prosthetic hand, the Touch Hand, were made near the end of 2013. This hand was aimed at addressing the lack of sensory feedback in prosthetic hand technology. This paper discusses the technology and improvements on commercial prosthetic hands and the Touch Hand, whilst giving a brief insight into recent technological advances. These improvements are used to form a se...

The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the parameters of dental implants such as patient gender, number of implant, failed implant before prosthetic restorations and failed implant after implantation and failed implant after prosthetic restorations. 135 male and 99 female patients, total 234 implant patients which have been treated with 450 implant between 20052009 years in GATA Ha...

This study projects prosthetic- and assistive-device costs for veterans with limb loss from Vietnam and injured servicemembers returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) to inform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for these veterans' future care. The 2005 Medicare prosthetic device component prices were applied to current prosthetic and assistive-dev...

A small corps of 86 dedicated employees has become the most important “key” in the VA Prosthetic and Sensory Aids program. These men are our prosthetic representatives. Early in 1946, it was decided that some one person in each major field station must be given the specific job of carrying the new VA prosthetics program directly to disabled veterans. Such responsibility could not be given to th...

The purpose of this study was to review the clinical utility of static weight bearing (SWB) and maximal self-selected ambulatory velocity as objective quantifiable measures in an outpatient lower limb prosthetic clinic. Seventy-three (n = 73) consecutive trans-tibial (TTA) and trans-femoral amputees (TFA) attending an outpatient prosthetic clinic were studied. Prosthetic weight bearing was meas...

Five solid-ankle experimental prosthetic feet were used in this double-blind randomized crossover study to determine the effects of forefoot flexibility on gait of 14 unilateral transtibial prosthesis users. Flexibility in experimental feet was altered by changing the number of flexural hinges in their forefoot sections. When experimental prosthetic foot conditions were compared, measured prost...

OBJECTIVE To study adjustment strategies in unilateral amputees in uphill and downhill walking. DESIGN Observational cohort study. SUBJECTS Seven transfemoral, 12 transtibial unilateral amputees and 10 able-bodied subjects. METHODS In a motion analysis laboratory the subjects walked over a level surface and an uphill and downhill slope. Gait velocity and lower limb joint angles were measu...

A correct prosthetic prescription can be derived from adapting the functional benefits of a prosthesis to the functional needs of the prosthetic user. For adequate matching, the functional abilities of the amputees are of value, as well as the technical and functional aspects of the various prosthetic components. No clear clinical consensus seems to be given on the precise prescription criteria...

BACKGROUND The group of passive prostheses consists of prosthetic hands and prosthetic tools. These can either be static or adjustable. Limited research and development on passive prostheses has been performed although many people use these prosthesis types. Although some publications describe passive prostheses, no recent review of the peer-reviewed literature on passive prostheses is availabl...

ccurate diagnosis of prosthetic heart valve infection has major implications on patient management and outcome. If the presence of prosthetic or periprosthetic valve endocarditis is misclassified, it can lead to delayed antibiotic or surgical intervention, which may adversely affect patient outcomes, and that is not inconsequential. Prosthetic valve endocarditis constitutes up to 30% of all cas...