Improved myoelectric prosthesis control using targeted reinnervation surgery: A case series

Laura A. Miller*, Kathy A. Stubblefield, Robert D. Lipschutz, Blair A. Lock, Todd A. Kuiken

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Abstract

Targeted reinnervation is a surgical technique developed to increase the number of myoelectric input sites available to control an upper-limb prosthesis. Because signals from the nerves related to specific movements are used to control those missing degrees-of-freedom, the control of a prosthesis using this procedure is more physiologically appropriate compared to conventional control. This procedure has successfully been performed on three people with a shoulder disarticulation level amputation and three people with a transhumeral level amputation. Performance on timed tests, including the box-and-blocks test and clothespin test, has increased two to six times. Options for new control strategies are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)46-50
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2008

Funding

Manuscript received July 20, 2007; revised October 1, 2007; accepted October 14, 2007. This work was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child and Human Development under Grant R01 HD044798, Grant R01 HD043137-01, Grant R01 HD044798, and Grant NO1-HD-5-3402, in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and in part by the Searle Family Foundation.

Keywords

  • Arm prosthesis
  • Artificial limbs
  • Bionic
  • Electromyography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Internal Medicine
  • General Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Rehabilitation

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