The i-LIMB Hand is the brand name of world's first commercially available bionic hand invented by David Gow and his team at the Bioengineering Centre...
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Prosthesis (redirect from Prosthetic limb)
hand, partial hand, finger, partial finger. A transradial prosthesis is an artificial limb that replaces an arm missing below the elbow. Upper limb prostheses...
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Alien hand syndrome (AHS) or Dr. Strangelove syndrome is a category of conditions in which a person experiences their limbs acting seemingly on their...
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distalmost portion or extremity of the limb, i.e. the hand or foot, is known as the autopodium (plural: autopodia). Hands are technically known as the manus...
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and knuckle joints. In humans, each upper limb is divided into the shoulder, arm, elbow, forearm, wrist and hand, and is primarily used for climbing, lifting...
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award in June 2002 to develop its articulating prosthetic hand which later became the i-Limb Hand. It received start up funding from the Edinburgh based...
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Amputation (redirect from Lower limb amputation)
removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as...
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A phantom limb is the sensation that an amputated or missing limb is still attached. It is a chronic condition which is often resistant to treatment....
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Hecatoncheires (redirect from Gyges the Big-Limbed)
notes that the form Gyes perhaps came "from association" with "γυῖον" (limb, hand: LSJ, s.v. γυῖον) and "ἀμφιγύεις" (strong in both arms: Autenrieth, s...
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each limb segment as required to achieve the overall desired limb movement, as demonstrated by the joint-space model. Alternatively, intra-limb coordination...
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Ectrodactyly (redirect from Lobster-claw hand)
and cleft hand have the same teratogenic mechanism. In vivo tests showed that limb anomalies were found alone or in combination with cleft hand when they...
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polydactyly, where a foot or hand has more than 5 digits. Clubfoot, one of the most common congenital deformities of the lower limbs, occurs approximately 1...
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The lumbricals are intrinsic muscles of the hand that flex the metacarpophalangeal joints, and extend the interphalangeal joints. The lumbrical muscles...
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each "hand" and fingerprints extremely similar to human fingerprints) are often described as having "hands" instead of paws on their front limbs. The raccoon...
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roughly 1 in 1,900 people are born with a limb difference, and an additional 185,000 individuals experience a limb amputation. Children's literature with...
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A limb infarction is an area of tissue death of an arm or leg. It may cause skeletal muscle infarction, avascular necrosis of bones, or necrosis of a part...
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discomfort. PLMD on the other hand is involuntary, and the patient is often unaware of these movements altogether. Periodic limb movements (PLMs) occurring...
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Xerxes I. In Greek sources he is also surnamed "Long-handed" (Ancient Greek: μακρόχειρ Makrókheir; Latin: Longimanus), allegedly because his right hand was...
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Neuroplasticity (section Phantom limbs)
of the cortex formerly responsible for the amputated limb. The relationship between phantom limb sensation and neuroplasticity is a complex one. In the...
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pain is a painful perception that an individual experiences relating to a limb or an organ that is not physically part of the body, either because it was...
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symptoms of thalidomide syndrome are defined by absent or shortened limbs, causing flipper hands and feet. According to Anthony J Perri III and Sylvia Hsu they...
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Corticobasal degeneration (section Alien hand syndrome)
control the movements of their hand, which results from the sensation that the limb is "foreign". The movements of the alien limb are a reaction to external...
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Body transfer illusion (redirect from Rubber hand illusion)
the missing hand, and to manipulate the hand in an attempt to relieve pain or discomfort. Virtual reality is also used to treat phantom limb pain in a similar...
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List of skeletal muscles of the human body (redirect from Table of muscles of the human body: Upper limb)
2002. Page 193 Gosling, J. A., Harris, P. F., Humpherson, J. R., Whitmore I., & Willan P. L. T. 2008. Human Anatomy Color Atlas and Text Book. Philadelphia:...
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Tourniquet (section Surgical limb protection sleeve)
A tourniquet is a device that is used to apply pressure to a limb or extremity in order to create ischemia or stopping the flow of blood. It may be used...
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Stiff-person syndrome (redirect from Stiff-limb syndrome)
condition. Variants of the condition, such as stiff-limb syndrome, which primarily affects a specific limb, are often seen. SPS was first described in 1956...
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satirist, and historian David Gow (1957-), Bioengineer, inventor of the I-LIMB Hand Emma Harper (1967–), Scottish National Party MSP for the South Scotland...
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which develop within some tendons, mainly in the hands and feet. Some individuals may also have additional (i.e., supernumerary) cervical ribs or lumbar vertebrae...
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Forearm (category Upper limb anatomy)
The forearm is the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist. The term forearm is used in anatomy to distinguish it from the arm, a word...
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four muscles in the back of the hand that act to abduct (spread) the index, middle, and ring fingers away from the hand's midline (ray of middle finger)...
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