Myoelectric prosthesis hand grasp control following targeted muscle reinnervation in individuals with transradial amputation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the growing availability of multifunctional prosthetic hands, users' control and overall functional abilities with these hands remain limited. The combination of pattern recognition control and targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) surgery, an innovative technique where amputated nerves are transferred to reinnervate new muscle targets in the residual limb, has been used to improve prosthesis control of individuals with more proximal upper limb amputations (i.e., shoulder disarticulation and transhumeral amputation).

Objective

The goal of this study was to determine if prosthesis hand grasp control improves following transradial TMR surgery.

Methods

Eight participants were trained to use a multi-articulating hand prosthesis under myoelectric pattern r

SUBMITTER: Simon AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9879512 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature