Sensory feedback for limb prostheses in amputees

S Raspopovic, G Valle, FM Petrini - Nature Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Commercial prosthetic devices currently do not provide natural sensory information on the
interaction with objects or movements. The subsequent disadvantages include …

A review of current state-of-the-art control methods for lower-limb powered prostheses

R Gehlhar, M Tucker, AJ Young, AD Ames - Annual reviews in control, 2023 - Elsevier
Lower-limb prostheses aim to restore ambulatory function for individuals with lower-limb
amputations. While the design of lower-limb prostheses is important, this paper focuses on …

Myoelectric control of robotic lower limb prostheses: a review of electromyography interfaces, control paradigms, challenges and future directions

A Fleming, N Stafford, S Huang, X Hu… - Journal of neural …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Advanced robotic lower limb prostheses are mainly controlled autonomously.
Although the existing control can assist cyclic movements during locomotion of amputee …

Design and clinical implementation of an open-source bionic leg

AF Azocar, LM Mooney, JF Duval, AM Simon… - Nature biomedical …, 2020 - nature.com
In individuals with lower-limb amputations, robotic prostheses can increase walking speed,
and reduce energy use, the incidence of falls and the development of secondary …

A deep-learned skin sensor decoding the epicentral human motions

KK Kim, IH Ha, M Kim, J Choi, P Won, S Jo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
State monitoring of the complex system needs a large number of sensors. Especially,
studies in soft electronics aim to attain complete measurement of the body, mapping various …

Sensory feedback restoration in leg amputees improves walking speed, metabolic cost and phantom pain

FM Petrini, M Bumbasirevic, G Valle, V Ilic, P Mijović… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Conventional leg prostheses do not convey sensory information about motion or interaction
with the ground to above-knee amputees, thereby reducing confidence and walking speed …

Enhancing functional abilities and cognitive integration of the lower limb prosthesis

FM Petrini, G Valle, M Bumbasirevic, F Barberi… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Lower limb amputation (LLA) destroys the sensory communication between the brain and
the external world during standing and walking. Current prostheses do not restore sensory …

Neural prosthesis control restores near-normative neuromechanics in standing postural control

A Fleming, W Liu, H Huang - Science robotics, 2023 - science.org
Current lower-limb prostheses do not provide active assistance in postural control tasks to
maintain the user's balance, particularly in situations of perturbation. In this study, we aimed …

Neuromorphic hardware for somatosensory neuroprostheses

E Donati, G Valle - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
In individuals with sensory-motor impairments, missing limb functions can be restored using
neuroprosthetic devices that directly interface with the nervous system. However, restoring …

Mechanisms of neuro-robotic prosthesis operation in leg amputees

G Valle, A Saliji, E Fogle, A Cimolato, FM Petrini… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Above-knee amputees suffer the lack of sensory information, even while using most
advanced prostheses. Restoring intraneural sensory feedback results in functional and …