The recent emergence of microprocessor based prosthetic control for the individual with upper limb deficiency has significantly expanded the spectrum of treatment options and inclusion criteria for this patient population. ...

The surface myoelectric signal (MES) has proven to be an effective control input for powered prostheses. Pattern recognition based controllers use multi-channel surface MES as inputs to discriminate between the desired ...

Amputation of a limb represents a catastrophe for the adult amputee and their family. However data regarding the prosthetic, functional and psychological outcomes achieved by these patients is limited. There is no well ...

Myoelectric prosthetic devices can be controlled by use of surface electromyography (sEMG). However, intramuscular EMG (iEMG) has been proposed as an alternative, since it may provide more stable and selective recordings ...

Comprehensive Arm Prosthesis and Rehabilitation Outcomes Questionnaire (CAPROQ) is a questionnaire that is administered to Advanced Arm Dynamic (AAD) patients at various intervals during their prosthetic fitting experience ...

As the development of dexterous prosthetic hand and wrist units continues, there is a need for command interfaces that will enable a user to operate these multi-joint devices in a natural, coordinated manner. In this study, ...

The loss of an arm means drastic reduction of live quality for affected people. To compensate the lost live quality myoelectric hand prostheses have been developed, that can be controlled by muscle contractions in the ...

Powered prostheses have come a long way in the last twenty five years. A good way to track this activity is simply to review the proceedings of the Myo-Electric Controls (MEC) conferences that have been held during that ...

The objective of this research is to improve the performance of hand prostheses by controlling finger stiffness in comercially available prostheses, finger stiffness cannot be modulated yet, stiffness may be helpful to ...