Article

Prothèse myoélectrique -
The i-LIMB hand is a novel upper limb myoelectric prosthetic hand with several
joints in the fingers and thumb. This study aimed to determine whether this new
device had more functionality than a more conventional myoelectric prosthetic
hand with only a single joint between the thumb and two fingers. Therefore, a
45-year-old man with a wrist disarticulation used the i-LIMB hand and the widely
used Dynamic Mode Control hand (DMC plus hand) in a test procedure that covered
all functional levels of the International Classification of Function (ICF).
Functional outcomes of the i-LIMB seemed to be lower than or equal to the DMC
plus hand. The patient's satisfaction tended to be in favor of the i-LIMB.
Compared to the DMC plus hand, the i-LIMB was more reliable when holding objects
but had a lack of power and was less robust. We concluded that the i-LIMB hand
has limited additional functionality compared to the DMC plus hand.

Langue : ANGLAIS