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- Title
Targeted muscle reinnervation for real-time myoelectric control of multifunction artificial arms.
- Authors
Kuiken, Todd A; Li, Guanglin; Lock, Blair A; Lipschutz, Robert D; Miller, Laura A; Stubblefield, Kathy A; Englehart, Kevin B
- Abstract
Improving the function of prosthetic arms remains a challenge, because access to the neural-control information for the arm is lost during amputation. A surgical technique called targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) transfers residual arm nerves to alternative muscle sites. After reinnervation, these target muscles produce electromyogram (EMG) signals on the surface of the skin that can be measured and used to control prosthetic arms.
- Publication
JAMA, 2009, Vol 301, Issue 6, p619
- ISSN
1538-3598
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2009.116