A new artificial joint restores important wrist-like movements to forearm amputees, something which could dramatically improve their quality of life. A group of researchers led by Max Ortiz Catalan, ...
An implant is placed into each of the two bones of the forearm—the ulna and radius—and then a wrist-like artificial joint acts as an interface between these two implants and the prosthetic hand. There ...
More than a million Britons have sought treatment for osteoarthritis in the wrist. Clive Moore, 58, a transport planning manager from Shoeburyness, Essex, had a new device implanted in each wrist, as ...