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3D-Printed Ergonomically Designed Feeding Aid for Patients With Limited Manual Dexterity

Self-eating is a difficult task when hand and finger movements are restricted. Many patients find difficulty in holding utensils because of slender handles. It is essential to have a customized handle that will allow a better grip on traditional feeding aid. When the handle is customized to the pati...

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Autores principales: Colvenkar, Shreya, Alwala, Aditya Mohan, PSS, Tejaswini, Bharadwaj, Sneha, Ahmed, MD Shakeel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10166399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37168196
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37089
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author Colvenkar, Shreya
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description Self-eating is a difficult task when hand and finger movements are restricted. Many patients find difficulty in holding utensils because of slender handles. It is essential to have a customized handle that will allow a better grip on traditional feeding aid. When the handle is customized to the patient’s hands and fingers, patients will have better control while eating. This reduces their dependency on others, thus helping to regain their lost self-esteem. This technical report describes a simple method of fabricating a three-dimensional (3D)-printed ergonomically designed handle for a feeding aid from materials readily available in the dental office.
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spelling pubmed-101663992023-05-09 3D-Printed Ergonomically Designed Feeding Aid for Patients With Limited Manual Dexterity Colvenkar, Shreya Alwala, Aditya Mohan PSS, Tejaswini Bharadwaj, Sneha Ahmed, MD Shakeel Cureus Preventive Medicine Self-eating is a difficult task when hand and finger movements are restricted. Many patients find difficulty in holding utensils because of slender handles. It is essential to have a customized handle that will allow a better grip on traditional feeding aid. When the handle is customized to the patient’s hands and fingers, patients will have better control while eating. This reduces their dependency on others, thus helping to regain their lost self-esteem. This technical report describes a simple method of fabricating a three-dimensional (3D)-printed ergonomically designed handle for a feeding aid from materials readily available in the dental office. Cureus 2023-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10166399/ /pubmed/37168196 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37089 Text en Copyright © 2023, Colvenkar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10166399/
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