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Artificial Hand & Upper Limb Prosthetics in Gwalior, India
An artificial hand or upper limb prosthesis replaces a missing arm, hand, or finger following amputation or congenital limb difference. Limbgenixx, Gwalior, offers a full range of upper limb prosthetic solutions — from cosmetic hands and body-powered systems to advanced myoelectric prosthetics that respond to muscle signals.
Our prosthetists work closely with occupational therapists to ensure your prosthetic hand or arm is functional, comfortable, and tailored to your specific daily needs. We serve patients from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, and across India.
Types of Artificial Hand
Myoelectric Hand Prosthesis
Myoelectric hands use muscle electrical signals (EMG) to open and close the prosthetic hand. Battery-powered and highly functional, enabling gripping and pinching with intuitive muscle control.
Body-Powered Arm Prosthesis
Body-powered prosthetics use a harness and cable controlled by shoulder movements. Durable, low-maintenance, and effective for heavy-duty tasks — preferred by manual workers and rural patients.
Cosmetic Hand Prosthesis
Realistic silicone cosmetic hands custom-matched to skin tone and hand shape. Provides a natural appearance for social confidence and psychological well-being.
Partial Hand & Finger Prosthesis
Custom prosthetics for partial hand loss or individual finger amputations — from passive cosmetic fingers to articulating mechanical prosthetics that restore gripping function.
Three Kinds of Upper-Limb Prosthesis
Upper-limb prostheses divide into three families that do genuinely different jobs. Choosing between them is mostly a question of what you need the hand for.
| Cosmetic (passive) | Body-powered | Myoelectric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How it works | No active grip; shaped and finished to match the other side | A harness and cable — shoulder movement opens or closes the terminal device | Sensors read muscle signals from the residual limb to drive a motor |
| Weight | Lightest | Moderate | Heaviest |
| Feedback | None | You feel grip through cable tension — genuinely useful | Visual only |
| Durability | High | High; tolerant of dust and rough work | Electronics need care and charging |
| Servicing | Minimal | Straightforward; cables and harness wear | Specialist servicing |
| Often chosen for | Appearance, light support, lowest maintenance | Manual work, outdoor and dusty environments, reliability | Finer grip tasks without a harness |
Body-powered systems are frequently underrated. The harness is visible and takes practice, but the cable gives you a sense of how hard you are gripping that no current myoelectric hand reproduces — and in dust, water and heavy work it keeps running.
Terminal Devices, and What to Expect
Hand or hook?
A body-powered prosthesis ends in a terminal device, and that is a separate choice from the prosthesis itself. A hook gives precision and lets you see what you are holding. A hand looks conventional at the cost of some precision and bulk. Many users have both and swap according to the task.
What an upper-limb prosthesis will and will not do
- It restores function for specific tasks — usually stabilising, holding and carrying — rather than reproducing a hand.
- It takes practice. Early weeks are about learning control, not about speed.
- Most users become one-handed-dominant with the prosthesis assisting. That is a normal and effective outcome, not a failure.
- Sensation is not restored by any of these devices.
Silicone finger and partial-hand prostheses are a separate category for partial amputations, made to match the remaining fingers. See cosmetic prosthetics.
Tell us what you need to do — a specific job, tool, instrument or task — rather than which type you want. That conversation produces a better result.
In Mumbai or Navi Mumbai?
Our Mumbai centre is Om Prosthetics & Orthotics Center in Sector-19 Kharghar, open every day 11:00 am–8:00 pm, with home visits available across Mumbai. See upper-limb prosthetics in Mumbai.
In Indore, Ujjain or Ratlam?
Our centre for this region is Shri Krishna Orthopedics in Indore, open every day 9:00 am–7:00 pm. See upper-limb prosthetics in Indore.
Silicone Restorations
Where the aim is appearance rather than active grip, a silicone hand or partial hand restoration is usually the better answer — and for a single digit, a silicone finger prosthesis.
Frequently Asked Questions
A myoelectric hand uses electrodes placed on the skin to detect muscle signals in the residual limb. These signals control an electric motor that opens and closes the prosthetic hand — the most functionally advanced upper limb prosthetic option.
Artificial hand cost in India: Cosmetic hand Rs. 10,000–50,000; Body-powered prosthesis Rs. 20,000–80,000; Myoelectric hand Rs. 1,50,000–6,00,000. Contact Limbgenixx for exact pricing.
A body-powered prosthesis uses a figure-8 harness. When the user shrugs their shoulder, a cable pulls the terminal device (hook or hand) open or closed. It is durable and requires no battery.
Yes. Children as young as 6 months can be fitted with passive prosthetics, and by age 2–3 with active systems. Pediatric upper limb prosthetics at Limbgenixx are designed to grow with the child.
Yes. ALIMCO ADIP scheme provides subsidized prosthetics for eligible individuals with disabilities. CGHS beneficiaries can also claim reimbursement for prosthetics prescribed by government hospitals.
Patients Travelling From Other States
Upper limb patients travelling from the Tricity can start with our Chandigarh prosthetic services page.
Also useful: patients across India (what can be handled before you travel and what needs a visit), Punjab patients and Haryana patients.
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