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.
1. Chapter 1 : Introduction - p. Page xvii 2. Chapter 2 : Artificial arms - p. Page 5 3. Chapter 3 : The hand - p. Page 38 4. Chapter 4 : History of upper limb prostheses - p. Page 75 5. Chapter 5 : Body powered prostheses - p. Page 105 6. Chapter 6 : Externally powered prostheses - p. Page 132 7. Chapter 7 : A tale of two elbows: The development of the Boston and Utah Arms - p. Page 148 8. Chapter 8 : The Edinburgh arm and the i-Limb hand - p. Page 179 9. Chapter 9 : Otto Bock - p. Page 203 10. Chapter 10 : Prosthetics in the United Kingdom - p. Page 222 11. Chapter 11 : Research in Sweden: The pioneers of paediatric prosthetics and osseointegration - p. Page 251 12. Chapter 12 : Limbs from the Windy City: Prosthetics research in Chicago - p. Page 273 13. Chapter 13 : Prosthetics research in Canada - p. Page 286 14. Chapter 14 : Prosthetics in the twenty first century - p. Page 309 15. Interviewees - p. Page 328 16. Bibliography - p. Page 331 17. Index - p. Page 331
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.
1. Chapter 1 : Introduction - p. Page xvii 2. Chapter 2 : Artificial arms - p. Page 5 3. Chapter 3 : The hand - p. Page 38 4. Chapter 4 : History of upper limb prostheses - p. Page 75 5. Chapter 5 : Body powered prostheses - p. Page 105 6. Chapter 6 : Externally powered prostheses - p. Page 132 7. Chapter 7 : A tale of two elbows: The development of the Boston and Utah Arms - p. Page 148 8. Chapter 8 : The Edinburgh arm and the i-Limb hand - p. Page 179 9. Chapter 9 : Otto Bock - p. Page 203 10. Chapter 10 : Prosthetics in the United Kingdom - p. Page 222 11. Chapter 11 : Research in Sweden: The pioneers of paediatric prosthetics and osseointegration - p. Page 251 12. Chapter 12 : Limbs from the Windy City: Prosthetics research in Chicago - p. Page 273 13. Chapter 13 : Prosthetics research in Canada - p. Page 286 14. Chapter 14 : Prosthetics in the twenty first century - p. Page 309 15. Interviewees - p. Page 328 16. Bibliography - p. Page 331 17. Index - p. Page 331
