New Prosthetic Restores the Sense of Where Your Hand Is
A new prosthetic hand enables amputees to regain a subtle, close to natural, sense of touch.... Read More...
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Brain Hand Map is Maintained in Amputees with and Without Phantom Limb Sensations
A new MRI study reveals the brain retains neural 'fingerprints' of a missing hand, decades after amputation and regardless of whether the person experiences phantom limb sensations. ... Read More...
New Theory for Phantom Limb Pain Points the Way to More Effective Treatment
Researchers present a new theory which states, following amputation, the neural circuitry connected to the missing limb becomes entangled with other neural networks, specifically ones responsible for pain perception.... Read More...
Amputees Feel as Though Their Prosthetic Limb Belongs to Their Own Body
A new study reports amputees often feel as though their prosthetic limb is part of their body. ... Read More...
New ‘E-Dermis’ Brings Sense of Touch, Pain to Prosthetic Hands
Researchers have developed a new electronic skin that can allow amputees to perceive touch sensations via their prosthesis. The technology, dubbed e-dermis, can recreate the sense of touch and pain by sensing stimuli and relaying impulses back to peripheral nerves.... Read More...
Prosthetic Arms Can Provide Controlled Sensory Feedback
Researchers have developed a new prosthetic arm that stimulates the nerves in the amputated limb, allowing the patient to feel the sense of touch.... Read More...
Mapping Brain Activity to Improve Prosthetic Design
Mapping brain activity of able body people traversing different terrains on a treadmill may lead to the development of better prosthetics, U of H researchers report.... Read More...
Amputees Can Learn to Control a Robotic Arm with Their Minds
Researchers report amputees are able to control a robotic arm with help of brain implants and BMI technology. The study details how brain areas that control both the intact arm and amputated limb can create new connections and learn to control the robotic arm, even years following the loss of a limb.... Read More...
Advanced Artificial Limbs Mapped in the Brain
Following targeted motor and sensory reinnervation, a procedure that reroutes residual limb nerves to intact muscles and skin in amputees, the brain remaps both motor and sensory pathways. Additionally, researchers note, TMSR may help counteract poorly adapted cortical plasticity following amputation.... Read More...
Bionic Fingertip Allows Amputee to Feel Texture
A new bionic fingertip that is surgically connected to nerves in the upper arm allows amputees to feel texture, a new study reports.... Read More...
Electromagnetic Field From Cellphone Towers May Amplify Pain in Amputees
Study provides evidence that exposure to electromagnetic fields such as those from cell phone towers can generate pain sensations in amputees.... Read More...
Engineer Applies Robot Control Theory to Improve Prosthetic Legs
New research allows those with robotic controlled prosthetic legs to walk almost as fast as an able bodied person.... Read More...