Development and Validation of a Low-Cost 3D Printed Upper Limb Prosthetic Simulator
Presenter Type
UNO Graduate Student (Masters)
Major/Field of Study
Biomechanics
Advisor Information
Dr. Jorge Zuniga
Location
MBSC306 - G (Masters)
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Start Date
24-3-2023 1:00 PM
End Date
24-3-2023 2:15 PM
Abstract
There are more than two million people in the United States that suffer from some sort of limb loss affecting their bimanual coordination. Bimanual coordination is a specific motor behavior that deals with the coordinated aspect involving both upper limbs. Although most adults are given a prosthetic device, many children with limb reductions are not due to not being covered by insurance. The children that are given prosthetics are not properly trained on how to use the device. For this study, 20 children with upper limb reductions will be recruited. They will come to the Biomechanics Research Building on two occasions. On the first, they will be fitted with a custom 3D printed prosthetic. They will have a short familiarization period and then have their bimanual coordination tested via a bimanual coordination task. They will be instructed to reach forward and grab two handles and transport them to a further standardized position before letting go and returning their hands to the starting position. During the entire task, they will be instructed to complete the whole task with both their intact hand and prosthesis moving in sync. They will perform the task three times. All trials will be recorded and analyzed via Kinovea to determine how synchronous the hands were throughout the trials. The participants will then take their prostheses home to conduct an 8-week home intervention on how to improve using their prosthesis. All participants will then come back for a follow-up visit after the 8 weeks and their bimanual coordination will again be tested. We hypothesize that after the home intervention, the synchrony of the hands during the bimanual coordination task will significantly improve.
Scheduling
9:15-10:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m.-Noon, 1-2:15 p.m., 2:30 -3:45 p.m.
Development and Validation of a Low-Cost 3D Printed Upper Limb Prosthetic Simulator
MBSC306 - G (Masters)
There are more than two million people in the United States that suffer from some sort of limb loss affecting their bimanual coordination. Bimanual coordination is a specific motor behavior that deals with the coordinated aspect involving both upper limbs. Although most adults are given a prosthetic device, many children with limb reductions are not due to not being covered by insurance. The children that are given prosthetics are not properly trained on how to use the device. For this study, 20 children with upper limb reductions will be recruited. They will come to the Biomechanics Research Building on two occasions. On the first, they will be fitted with a custom 3D printed prosthetic. They will have a short familiarization period and then have their bimanual coordination tested via a bimanual coordination task. They will be instructed to reach forward and grab two handles and transport them to a further standardized position before letting go and returning their hands to the starting position. During the entire task, they will be instructed to complete the whole task with both their intact hand and prosthesis moving in sync. They will perform the task three times. All trials will be recorded and analyzed via Kinovea to determine how synchronous the hands were throughout the trials. The participants will then take their prostheses home to conduct an 8-week home intervention on how to improve using their prosthesis. All participants will then come back for a follow-up visit after the 8 weeks and their bimanual coordination will again be tested. We hypothesize that after the home intervention, the synchrony of the hands during the bimanual coordination task will significantly improve.