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Membres artificiels ; Prothèses  ; Main artificielle

Making Hands: The Design and Use of Upper Extremity Prosthetics provides a historical account of the development of upper extremity prostheses. It describes different aspects surrounding the development of key elements of mechanisms and control, for prosthetic hands and arms, and includes biographical sketches of some key contributors. The field is broad and uses knowledge from a wide range of disciplines. Sections cover the background to give researchers and professionals what they need to learn about adjacent fields. The author's expertise on the control of prostheses makes this a very comprehensive resource on the topic.

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- xvii, 965 p. : ill.
Cote : WE 170 A881 2004

Amputation ; Amputés - Réadaptation ; Membres artificiels

The third edition of the Atlas of Amputations and Limb Deficiencies is intended to “present the major advances of the past decade” for all members of the rehabilitation team. Many of the chapters of this book do meet that intention. Several chapters, however, are extremely brief in content and lack research published in the past decade. In this newest edition, contributors were recruited in the areas of care of people with wartime amputations, the role of the Krukenberg procedure in developing countries, the rise of the consumer movement for people with amputations, and the rapidly expanding role of sports and recreation, as well as osseointegration and transplantation.

This atlas is organized into 5 sections and 1 appendix. The appendix, titled “Terminology in Acquired Limb Loss,” is disappointing. It directs the reader to the Web site for the International Organization for Standardization and lists the organization's mailing address in Switzerland.

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