{"id":3025,"date":"2014-05-12T05:20:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T03:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2019-12-01T22:47:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T20:47:16","slug":"prosthetic-design-and-looks-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=3025","title":{"rendered":"Prosthetic design and looks [overview]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to be up to date with latest developments, let us take an overview of attempts that are geared towards design and looks of what goes or may go on the arm.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=3025\/#Stump_protection\" >Stump protection<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=3025\/#Wearing_passive_arm\" >Wearing passive arm<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=3025\/#Wearing_a_body_powered_arm\" >Wearing a body powered arm<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=3025\/#Improving_looks_generally\" >Improving looks generally<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=3025\/#What_does_make_a_difference\" >What does\u00a0make a difference<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stump_protection\"><\/span>Stump protection<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>wearing protective sleeve to keep warm &#8211; tube, compression [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>wearing protective sleeve for mechanical strain [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wearing_passive_arm\"><\/span>Wearing passive arm<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>wearing a passive arm for biking [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?cat=124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>wearing a cosmetic or passive arm for making it look like a hand or so [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?cat=60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wearing_a_body_powered_arm\"><\/span>Wearing a body powered arm<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>tweaking function of harness [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?cat=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>], cable control [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?cat=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Improving_looks_generally\"><\/span>Improving looks generally<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>tweaking appearance using sleeves [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?cat=70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>], generating 2D cut patterns from 3D [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>],<\/li>\n<li>color, material: Red Hand design series [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?cat=64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_make_a_difference\"><\/span>What does\u00a0make a difference<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>What really makes a difference is probably different. Neither &#8220;bionic&#8221; arms with their strange sockets and funny wear down or fail characteristics, nor the rough charme of used up PVC gloves or hooks ultimately is what makes any influence over what happens daily.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wearability, durability:<\/span>\u00a0what really wins in\u00a0the long run\u00a0is the arm that you can wear, wear, wear and wear. The one that you can use always and that is comfortable, the arm that does not break too often, and the arm that suits your need really. That is the arm, then, that will be around often enough for you to acquire the necessary skills. It then must, by all means, reduce overload of the other arm and hand, and it must be able to work hard. If the prosthetic is in the way, or hurts, or if it is brittle and fragile, then chances it will be on your arm always are probably too low in order for you to gain the relevant usage skill and adaptation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Property to acquire:<\/span> what really does the trick is motion and dynamics. All &#8220;bionic&#8221; arms and most &#8220;cosmetic&#8221; arms are still sold on the basis of still photos. But still photos &#8211; since the advent of GoPro cameras and other dashboard mounted or helmet mounted cameras &#8211; are out, outdated, old fashioned, not on, boring, and irrelevant, relatively, so to say.<\/p>\n<p>Design- or lookwise, you may surely go for whatever you see fit but probably best to realize that most other people have not that much of a great optical vision or visual acuity.<\/p>\n<p>So, going for anything\u00a0in terms of &#8220;decorating&#8221; the prosthetic limb,\u00a0that is a small detail, will probably be a wasted resource. If it makes you feel better, fine. But if a wellness or spa visit does the same, consider that instead.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the current population in many countries exhibits a very strong drift towards being immersed in their own digital mobile things. So, catering for any particular look there is definitely a misplaced effort. Simply because you do not have to look particularly good in order to feel good among people that care for other stuff anyway.<\/p>\n<p>A match between fully robust and sturdy prosthetic arms that still look reasonably well, and your overall body motion and feel, that\u00a0can not be bought, however; it will probably have to\u00a0be acquired, to match where it should match.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=swisswuff\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to be up to date with latest developments, let us take an overview of attempts that are geared towards design and looks of what goes or may go on the arm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,91,28,78,8,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artwork-prosthesis","category-design-principles","category-disability-public","category-mechanical-works","category-prosthetics","category-research-tips","wpcat-57-id","wpcat-91-id","wpcat-28-id","wpcat-78-id","wpcat-8-id","wpcat-137-id"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 06:42:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3025"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10655,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions\/10655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}