Developing non-somatotopic phantom finger sensation to comparable levels of somatotopic sensation through user training with electrotactile stimulation

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 469-480

  Chai, Guohong ^a   Zhang, Dingguo ^a   Zhu, Xiangyang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrotactile stimulation; Nonsomatotopic feedback; Projection finger map; Somatotopic feedback; Upper limb amputees; User training

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MYOELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED PROSTHETICS; NASA; PROSTHETICS;

ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTROTACTILE STIMULATION; IDENTIFICATION RATES; MYOELECTRIC PROSTHESIS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PHANTOM SENSATION; UPPER LIMBS; USER TRAINING;

FEEDBACK;

ADULT; AMPUTEE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM PAIN; PILOT STUDY; RESPONSE TIME; TRAINING; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARM; BIOFEEDBACK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINGER; INNERVATION; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; NEUROREHABILITATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHANTOM LIMB; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

AMPUTATION STUMPS; ARM; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION; PHANTOM LIMB; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021701457     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2016.2580905     Document Type: Article

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