Topic of the Month July: Prostheses

 
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At this year's Paralympic Games in Athens, athletes with tailor-made hi-tech prostheses will test their abilities. This July, REHACARE.de guides you to prosthestics and amputation resources online and presents what might be the protheses of the future.

Our link list provides resources for amputees and people who are using prostheses: get support from peers and advice on rehabilitation, legal and financial issues.

- News, Views, and Information - Websites on Amputation and Prosthestics

Californian neuroscientists report on success in getting monkeys to move the cursor on a computer screen by merely thinking about a goal they would like to achieve. This research might once enable humans to control prosthetic devices.


- New Way to Control Prosthetic Device with Brain Signals

An Australian research team has patented a rehabilitation glove that will dramatically improve the recovery of patients following hand surgery, and which might of gread aid to people with paralyzed hands.


- Artificial Muscle Glove To Aid People with Paralyzed Hands

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