BIOL 0170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Upper Limb, Am General, Prosthesis
7 Nov 2016
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Prosthetics: science of replacing a limb with a non-functional or functional device. Approximately 1. 7 million people in the us live with an amputation. 90% are lower limb, less than 10% are upper limb amputations. But much more innovation in upper limb (easier to use residual nerves) Circulation: pathologies such as diabetes or neurological disorders that deaden nerve endings in limbs. Trauma: industrial, traffic accidents, land mines, military conflicts. Also, injured soldiers - dod put a lot of money into prosthetics. 3d printing is becoming a powerful tool for prosthetics. In theory, any part of the body could be replaced. Replacement lower leg attached to an intact upper leg. Comfort an effectiveness of a prosthesis is largely governed by how well it fits onto the remaining part of the patient"s own limb (residual limb, stump) Socket: connecting part of a prosthesis, carefully molded around a plaster cast taken from stump.
