On the use of longitudinal intrafascicular peripheral interfaces for the control of cybernetic hand prostheses in amputees

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 453-472

  Micera, Silvestro ^a   Navarro, Xavier ^b,c   Carpaneto, Jacopo ^a   Citi, Luca ^a,d   Tonet, Oliver ^a   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^e,f   Carrozza, Maria Chiara ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^g   Vivó, Meritxell ^b,c   Yoshida, Ken ^h   Dario, Paolo ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^f IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^g FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^h AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bio robotics; Bionics; Cybernetic hand prostheses; Electroneurographic (ENG) signals; Hybrid bionic systems; Intraneural interfaces

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMIMETICS; BIONICS; ELECTRODES; ROBOTICS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

BI-DIRECTIONAL LINKS; BIO-ROBOTICS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CYBERNETIC HAND; HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE; HYBRID BIONIC SYSTEMS; PERIPHERAL INTERFACES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

BIONICS; CYBERNETICS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS;

EID: 55749108721     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2008.2006207     Document Type: Review

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