Open AccessTargeted Muscle Reinnervation for Real-time Myoelectric Control of Multifunction Artificial Arms
Author(s) -
Todd Kuiken
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2009.116
Subject(s) - medicine , reinnervation , wrist , physical medicine and rehabilitation , amputation , elbow , prosthesis , electromyography , robotic arm , kinematics , rehabilitation , motor control , surgery , physical therapy , computer science , artificial intelligence , physics , psychiatry , classical mechanics
Improving the function of prosthetic arms remains a challenge, because access to the neural-control information for the arm is lost during amputation. A surgical technique called targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) transfers residual arm nerves to alternative muscle sites. After reinnervation, these target muscles produce electromyogram (EMG) signals on the surface of the skin that can be measured and used to control prosthetic arms.
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