MedStar NRH Therapist Helps Young Amputee Use New Prosthetic Hand
MedStar NRH Occupational Therapist Rahsaan Holley works with Brittany Dominick, a young woman who lost her arm in a car accident. She is now regaining motor function with the help of a prosthetic arm that responds to brain signals. This clip originally aired on NBC News 4 in Washington, DC on March 13, 2012.
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New robotic hand ‘can feel’
A team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first artificial hand that has feeling. It has been attached to the arm of a 22-year-old man who lost his own hand through cancer. Researchers say it works by connecting human nerve endings with tiny electronic sensors.
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