Suitability of the Openly Accessible 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands for War-Wounded Children.

ABSTRACT: The field of rehabilitation and assistive devices is being disrupted by innovations in desktop 3D printers and open-source designs. For upper limb prosthetics, those technologies have demonstrated a strong potential to aid those with missing hands. However, there are basic interfacing issues that need to be addressed for long term usage. The functionality, durability, and the price need to be considered especially for those in difficult living conditions. We evaluated the most popular designs of body-powered, 3D printed prosthetic hands. We selected a representative sample and evaluated its suitability for its grasping postures, durability, and cost. The prosthetic hand can perform three grasping postures out of the 33 grasps that a human hand can do. This corresponds to grasping objects s

SUBMITTER: Cabibihan JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7830517 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature