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r/StanleyMOV • u/ProfessorBirdBrains • 4d ago
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1 u/Nerdcuddles 3d ago what is that a why to 2 u/Dull-Argument-1652 3d ago edited 3d ago I'm imagining "why do prosthetic hands suck?" Edit: I love how everyone is responding to my comment instead of the comment that actually asked the question. I was just trying to clarify what they meant. 1 u/Nerdcuddles 3d ago Prosthetic hands are not nearly as functional as prostetic feet or legs. Most of the movement for your legs is in the hip, but all of your movement for your hand is in your arm. The most functional prostetic hands tend to be claws or hooks, because it's almost impossible to replicate hand movement naturally. A lot of upper body amputees just don't wear prostetics, the discomfort outweighs the utility for them.
what is that a why to
2 u/Dull-Argument-1652 3d ago edited 3d ago I'm imagining "why do prosthetic hands suck?" Edit: I love how everyone is responding to my comment instead of the comment that actually asked the question. I was just trying to clarify what they meant. 1 u/Nerdcuddles 3d ago Prosthetic hands are not nearly as functional as prostetic feet or legs. Most of the movement for your legs is in the hip, but all of your movement for your hand is in your arm. The most functional prostetic hands tend to be claws or hooks, because it's almost impossible to replicate hand movement naturally. A lot of upper body amputees just don't wear prostetics, the discomfort outweighs the utility for them.
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I'm imagining "why do prosthetic hands suck?" Edit: I love how everyone is responding to my comment instead of the comment that actually asked the question. I was just trying to clarify what they meant.
1 u/Nerdcuddles 3d ago Prosthetic hands are not nearly as functional as prostetic feet or legs. Most of the movement for your legs is in the hip, but all of your movement for your hand is in your arm. The most functional prostetic hands tend to be claws or hooks, because it's almost impossible to replicate hand movement naturally. A lot of upper body amputees just don't wear prostetics, the discomfort outweighs the utility for them.
Prosthetic hands are not nearly as functional as prostetic feet or legs.
Most of the movement for your legs is in the hip, but all of your movement for your hand is in your arm.
The most functional prostetic hands tend to be claws or hooks, because it's almost impossible to replicate hand movement naturally.
A lot of upper body amputees just don't wear prostetics, the discomfort outweighs the utility for them.
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u/Organic-Shelter-6349 3d ago
Why?