The use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to aid perceptual embodiment of prosthetic limbs

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-142

  Mulvey, M R ^a,b   Fawkner, H J ^a,b   Radford, H ^a,b   Johnson, M I ^a,b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Leeds Pallium Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PHANTOM LIMB; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 57749202909     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.08.028     Document Type: Article

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