Powered Upper Limb Prostheses
Subtitle: Control, Implementation and Clinical Application
By: edited by Ashok Muzumdar
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9783642623028; 9783642188121
Subjects: Medicine; Orthopedics; Industrial Medicine; Biomedical engineering; Rehabilitation; Orthopedic surgery
Description: Powered Upper Limb Prostheses deals with the concept, implementation and clinical application of utilizing inherent electrical signals within normally innervated residual muscles under voluntary control of an upper limb amputee, amplifying these signals by battery-powered electrical means to make a terminal device, the prosthetic hand, move to perform intended function. The reader is introduced to various facets of upper limb amputations and their clinical management in both children and adults. The authors from Canada, USA and Great Britain are well known practitioners, academics and researchers in the field. The book has over 130 illustrations and contains an extensive bibliography.
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Table of contents: title: The Early History of Myoelectric Control of Prosthetic Limbs (1945-1970); title: The Origins and Nature of the Myoelectric Signal; title: Signals and Signalling Processing for Myoelectric Control; title: Commercial Hardware for the Implementation of Myoelectric Control; title: Meeting the Clients - An Overview: Focus on Prevalence, Psychosocial Issues, Outcomes; title: Powered Upper Limb Prosthetic Practice in Paediatrics; title: Powered Upper Limb Prosthetics in Adults; title: Training; title: Research and the Future of Myoelectric Prosthetics; title: A Bibliography on Myoelectric Control of Upper Limb Prostheses.