Human Limbs and Their Substitutes: Presenting Results of Engineering and Medical Studies of the Human Extremities and Application of the Data to the Design and Fitting of Artificial Limbs and to the Care and Training of Amputees |
Contents
The Amputee and the Problem | 1 |
The Influence of New Developments | 9 |
The Techniques of Cineplasty | 48 |
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above-elbow above-knee activity adjustment alignment amputee amputee's angle ankle joint APRL Artificial Limbs axis below-elbow below-knee biceps body Bowden cable cable Catranis Chap cineplastic Committee on Artificial cosmetic glove curve distal dorsiflexion elbow lock evaluation excursion experimental femur fibers fitting flexed foot force forearm function hand harness heel contact hip joint hook humerus hydraulic ischial isometric knee flexion knee joint knee lock lever limb fitter load lower-extremity maximum mechanical medial mold motor movement muscle nerve normal operation pain pattern pectoral pectoralis major pelvis phantom phantom limb plantar plantar flexion plastic plastisol position possible prehension pressure problem prosthesis Prosthetic Devices push-off rest length rubber sensation shank shortening shoulder shown in Fig skin stability stance phase stump suction socket swing phase tension terminal device thigh tibia tion tissue University of California upper-extremity valve voluntary-closing walking weight weight-bearing wrist