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Prosthesis

In medicine, a prosthesis (pl.: prostheses; from Ancient Greek: πρόσθεσις, romanized: prósthesis, lit. 'addition, application, attachment'), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through physical trauma, disease, or a condition present at birth (congenital disorder). Prostheses may restore…

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Patient procedure

Current technology and manufacturing

Direct bone attachment and osseointegration

Cosmesis

Cognition

Prosthetic enhancement

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Notable users of prosthetic devices

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Prosthesis

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Triples190
Avg. degree1.99
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related to history · 39
Prosthesis → Adaptive Prosthesis, After, An, Berkeley, Blatchford, California, CAT-CAM, CATCAM, Chas, Chris Hoyt, Contoured Adducted Trochanteric-Controlled Alignment, Cost, Frank Gottschalk, Gottschalk, Great Britain, He, Intelligent Prosthesis Plus, Ischial, It, Ivan Long
related to Oscar Pistorius · 17
Prosthesis → At, Blade Runner, He, In, London, Olympic Games, Olympics, One, Oscar Pistorius, Pistorius, South Africa, South African, South Korea, Summer Olympics, Summer Paralympics, This, World Championship
related to Myoelectric · 14
Prosthesis → Advantages, Alvaro Ríos Poveda, Biomedical Engineering, France, He, Medical Physics, Myoelectric, Nice, Prof, Prosthetic, There, This, When, XVIII World Congress
related to External links · 10
Prosthesis → Afghan, Archived, Britt, Fayetteville ObserverCan, Fayetteville ObserverWhat, PBS NewshourA, Rick, Texas, Wayback MachineI, YoungA
related to Debates · 8
Prosthesis → Australian, In, Life, Limbs, Many, Not, There, This
related to Lower-extremity prosthetics · 8
Prosthesis → AK, BK, Concerning, Ephraim, For, In, Lower-extremity, The
related to Open-source robotic prosthesis · 8
Prosthesis → Hero Arm, Open Bionics, Open Prosthetics Project, Prosthetics, Star Wars, The, There, They
related to Cosmesis · 7
Prosthesis → Another, Cosmeses, Cosmetic, Custom-made, PVC, Such, With
related to Social implications · 7
Prosthesis → Although, For, In Audre Lorde's, Nobody, Prosthetics, The Cancer Journals, Using
related to Patient procedure · 6
Prosthesis → Cutting-edge, In, Kevlar, Lightweight, More, Prosthetists

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prosthetic limb prostheses knee prosthetics artificial also limbs socket hand control arm body foot devices use may amputation design used

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Prosthesisis aartificial limb that replaces an arm missing below the elbow.Upper limb prostheses can be categorized in three main categories0.90text
Prosthesisis aartificial limb that replaces a leg missing above the knee0.90text
Prosthesisis aartificial limb that replaces a leg missing below the knee0.90text
Prosthesisis afunctional replacement for an amputated or congenitally malformed or missing limb0.90text
Prosthesisis acloser approximation to an amputee's natural gait0.90text
Electromyographyinstance ofincluding techniques0.80text
Sonomyographyinstance ofincluding techniques0.80text
Myokineticinstance ofincluding techniques0.80text
and othersinstance ofincluding techniques0.80text
carbon fiberinstance ofCutting-edge materials0.80text
titaniuminstance ofCutting-edge materials0.80text
Kevlar provide strengthinstance ofCutting-edge materials0.80text

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