An ultra-light robotic prosthetic hand has been developed that enables both precision fingertip control and shape-adaptive ...

Dupuytren’s contracture is a progressive condition that affects the connective tissue under the skin of the palm and fingers.

Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, State University of New York, University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA Correspondence to: Dr. Yury Slesarenko, Department of Orthopedics, ...

Cracking your knuckles can offer relief through the release of pressure built up by synovial fluid in joints. But there are ... cracking and the presence of hand osteoarthritis,” says Melikian.

Epoxy casts of the La Ferrassie I Neanderthal thumb and index-finger bones were scanned with ... of motion at the centre of rotation of each joint with the aid of Maya animation tools.

Objectives To determine whether erosive osteoarthritis shares the same pattern of joint involvement and risk profile as increasing grades of non-erosive hand osteoarthritis. Methods Participants were ...

The proposed mechanism can self-align with the human joint without hindering force transfer or inducing parasitic torque. The chain has been designed for integration into an exoskeletal device aimed ...

Department of Orthopedics, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, P. R. China These authors equally contributed in Conceive and design the experiments. These authors equally ...

Winter weather often means two things for hands: pain and stiffness ... batteries that are activated with the push of a button. Get involved with the arthritis community. Tell us a little about ...

Explore the world of hand-cutting woodworking joints as this video demonstrates how to create stronger, more durable joints for a wooden table. The craftsmanship involved in these traditional ...

Abstract: Estimation of joint kinematics plays an important role in intuitive human-machine interactions. However, continuous and reliable estimation of small (e.g., the finger) joint angles is still ...