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 language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 46-50 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 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