Abstract
In Brazil, the rate of people with disabilities resulting from amputation is relevant. The distribution of high-tech prostheses only meets a small portion of the population. On the other hand it is known that most of the industrialized products design in the world are developed to users considered “normal”. This study proposed, through guidance to a group of technical students, the design and development of a low-cost prosthesis to an individual with disarticulation of the left wrist, seeking to provide opportunities for the subject to conduct a vegetation cutting activity with a gasoline brush cutter. Based on the knowledge assimilated during the technical course in mechanics, the group of students explored new possibilities of alternative materials and processes in the search for an affordable solution. The project resulted in a prosthesis that attends the anatomical, mechanical and functional needs required by the individual X product interface.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge CEETEPS (Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica “Paula Souza”); UNESP—Universidade Estadual Paulista; the students: Abner da Silva, Edcarlos Julião, Felipe Pereira, Vinícius Teixeira e Wallace Gimenes; the dentist Dr. Talita Caira Silva; and all the professors of the Technical Course in mechanics of the State Technical School “Antônio de Pádua Cardoso”.
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Ferrari, D., Bonfim, G., Oliveira, R., Paschoarelli, L., Santos, J. (2017). Design and Development of a Low-Cost Prosthesis Directed to the Activity with a Gasoline Brush Cutter: A Case Study. In: Soares, M., Falcão, C., Ahram, T. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics Modeling, Usability & Special Populations. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 486. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41685-4_40
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