Neural Interfaces for Control of Upper Limb Prostheses: The State of the Art and Future Possibilities

PM and R

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-67

  Schultz, Aimee E ^a   Kuiken, Todd A ^b  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago   (China)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MYOELECTRICITY; NERVE CELL; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; TECHNOLOGY;

AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BRAIN; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROFEEDBACK; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 78751605802     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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