Examination of Force Discrimination in Human Upper Limb Amputees With Reinnervated Limb Sensation Following Peripheral Nerve Transfer

Artificial limbs allow amputees to manipulate objects, but the loss of a limb severs the sensory link between a subject and objects they touch. A novel surgical technique we term targeted reinnervation (TR) allows severed cutaneous nerves to reinnervate skin on a different portion of the body. This...

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Main Authors: Sensinger, Jonathon W., Schultz, Aimee E., Kuiken, Todd A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025706/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19775983
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2009.2032640
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