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Jennifer Terry traces how biomedical logics entangle Americans in a perpetual state of war, in which new forms of... Læs mere
Provides an introduction to the field of amputee care and prosthetics. Dedicated chapters on prescription of prostheses for the various levels and types of... Læs mere
Prosthetics and Patient Management: A Comprehensive Clinical Approach is an innovative text covering both upper and lower extremity prosthetics. All the information... Læs mere
This manual describes the procedures required to make dentures and removable partial dentures. The book outlines each step in detail, including some clinical procedures, and emphasizes the relationship between clinical dentistry and dental laboratory technology.
A graphic novel exploring amputation, revealing details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies.
This book develops and analyses computational wear simulations of the total ankle replacement for the stance phase of gait cycle.... Læs mere
Provides coverage of every aspect of valvular heart disease, presenting aetiology, pathophysiology and symptomatology in detail, as well as current methods of diagnosis and... Læs mere
Presents recent developments in the understanding of polythylene wear; the size and morphology of polythylene wear debris; the use of simulators; studies in wear and creep; metal-on-metal joints; standards for orthopaedic implants; and friction heating for bearing materials.
Tribology has been central to the development of this field of engineering and this work brings together the work on hip and knee replacement prostheses.
Since the major pioneering of joint replacement surgery more than fifty years ago, much research and progress has been made in the field of arthroplasty with... Læs mere
The peculiar history of prosthetic devices sheds light on the relationship between technological change and the civilizing process of modernity, and analyzes the concrete materials of prosthetics which carry with them ideologies of body, ideals, body politics, and culture.