Customized Pen for Patients With Arthritis

Patients with arthritis present with pain, stiffness and limited movement of fingers and hands. Performing tasks independently lead to a lot of anxiety and emotional trauma. Holding simple things like a toothbrush or pen is a cumbersome task. This article describes a simple technique to customize a...

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Autores principales: Prakash, Rathod, Colvenkar, Shreya, Kunusoth, Ramesh, Alwala, Aditya Mohan, Kumar, Sampath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Pain Management
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9534305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225404
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28797
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description Patients with arthritis present with pain, stiffness and limited movement of fingers and hands. Performing tasks independently lead to a lot of anxiety and emotional trauma. Holding simple things like a toothbrush or pen is a cumbersome task. This article describes a simple technique to customize a pen for arthritis patients. The pen holder is customized to the patient's fingers making it easier to write.
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spelling pubmed-95343052022-10-11 Customized Pen for Patients With Arthritis Prakash, Rathod Colvenkar, Shreya Kunusoth, Ramesh Alwala, Aditya Mohan Kumar, Sampath Cureus Pain Management Patients with arthritis present with pain, stiffness and limited movement of fingers and hands. Performing tasks independently lead to a lot of anxiety and emotional trauma. Holding simple things like a toothbrush or pen is a cumbersome task. This article describes a simple technique to customize a pen for arthritis patients. The pen holder is customized to the patient's fingers making it easier to write. Cureus 2022-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9534305/ /pubmed/36225404 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28797 Text en Copyright © 2022, Prakash 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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