Artificial Joint Restores Wrist-Like Movements

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-33717
Published February 01, 2019 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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For patients missing a hand, one of the biggest challenges to regaining a high level of function is the inability to rotate one's wrist (pronate and supinate). These are essential movements involved in everyday tasks such as using a door handle, a screwdriver, a knob, or simply turning over a piece of paper. For those missing their hand, these are much more awkward and uncomfortable tasks, and current prosthetic technologies offer only limited relief to this problem.