Individuals who have lost the use of their hands because of amputation or spinal cord injury
can use prosthetic hands to restore their independence. A dexterous prosthesis requires the …

The term embodiment has become omnipresent within prosthetics research and is often
used as a metric of the progress made in prosthetic technologies, as well as a hallmark for …

Bionic prostheses have restorative potential. However, the complex interplay between
intuitive motor control, proprioception, and touch that represents the hallmark of human …

Artificial communication with the brain through peripheral nerve stimulation shows promising
results in individuals with sensorimotor deficits. However, these efforts lack an intuitive and …

Upper limb prostheses are specialized tools, and skilled operation is learned by amputees
over time. Recently, neural prostheses using implanted peripheral nerve interfaces have …

Conventional prosthetic arms suffer from poor controllability and lack of sensory feedback.
Owing to the absence of tactile sensory information, prosthetic users must rely on incidental …

People with limb loss are for the first time living chronically and uninterruptedly with
intimately integrated neuromusculoskeletal prostheses. This new generation of artificial …

Background Gait analysis with motion capture (MoCap) during rehabilitation can provide
objective information to facilitate treatment decision making. However, designing a test to be …

The concept of embodiment has gained widespread popularity within prosthetics research.
Embodiment has been claimed to be an indicator of the efficacy of sensory feedback and …

Embodiment is the percept that something not originally belonging to the self becomes part
of the body. Feeling embodiment for a prosthesis may counteract amputees' altered image of …