Filter Results:
- Full text PDF available (15)
Publication Year
1989
2018
- This year (4)
- Last 5 years (14)
- Last 10 years (21)
Publication Type
Co-author
Journals and Conferences
Learn More
- Gerwin Smit, Dick H. Plettenburg
- Prosthetics and orthotics international
- 2010
The Delft Institute of Prosthetics and Orthotics has started a research program to develop an improved voluntary closing, body-powered hand prosthesis. Five commercially available voluntary closing… (More)
- Gerwin Smit, Dick H. Plettenburg, Frans C. T. van der Helm
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and…
- 2015
Rejection rates of upper limb prostheses are high (23%-45%). Amputees indicate that the highest design priority should be reduction of the mass of the prosthetic device. Despite all efforts, the mass… (More)
- Ronald A. Bos, Claudia J. W. Haarman, +4 authors Dick H. Plettenburg
- Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
- 2016
The development of dynamic hand orthoses is a fast-growing field of research and has resulted in many different devices. A large and diverse solution space is formed by the various mechatronic… (More)
- Arjo J. Loeve, Dick H. Plettenburg, Paul Breedveld, Jenny Dankelman
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
- 2012
Recent developments in flexible endoscopy and other fields of medical technology have raised the need for compact slender shafts that can be made rigid and compliant at will. A novel compact… (More)
- Just L. Herder, Jan C. Cool, Dick H. Plettenburg
- Journal of rehabilitation research and…
- 1998
For cosmetic reasons, hand prostheses are provided with cosmetic gloves. Their pleasing appearance, however, is accompanied by poor mechanical behavior, resulting in a negative influence on… (More)
- Gerwin Smit, Dick H. Plettenburg
- Journal of rehabilitation research and…
- 2013
Current articulating electric and body-powered hands have a lower pinch force (15-34 N) than electric hands with stiff fingers (55-100 N). The cosmetic glove, which covers a hand prosthesis,… (More)
- Gerwin Smit, Raoul M. Bongers, Corry K. van der Sluis, Dick H. Plettenburg
- Journal of rehabilitation research and…
- 2012
Quantitative data on the mechanical performance of upper-limb prostheses are very important in prostheses development and selection. The primary goal of this study was to objectively evaluate the… (More)
- Awaz Ali, Dick H. Plettenburg, Paul Breedveld
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
- 2016
Objective: This review aims to provide a structured classification of the underlying steering mechanisms in steerable catheters and to assess their future challenges. Methods: Existing, patented, and… (More)
To achieve subconscious prosthetic control the patient feedback present must be employed as completely as possible. This implies the use of control methods based upon the principles of extended… (More)
- Bartjan Maat, Gerwin Smit, Dick H. Plettenburg, Paul Breedveld
- Prosthetics and orthotics international
- 2018
BACKGROUND
The group of passive prostheses consists of prosthetic hands and prosthetic tools. These can either be static or adjustable. Limited research and development on passive prostheses has been… (More)