Strategies to Control Robotic Hand Prosthesis Via HD-sEMG and to Restore Sensory Feedback Via TENS

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorIstituto Nazionale Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro

About this trial

Upper limb amputation still causes severe disability today; prostheses currently on the market are able to restore partially to the amputee the lost functionality. In addition to the motor capacity of the limb, prosthetic systems should also aim to restore to the sensory information from the surrounding environment during contact with objects. Therefore, it is important to develop bidirectional prostheses. It is thus apparent that the development of new techniques for decoding the efferent channel, such as high-density surface electromyography, and for encoding of the afferent channel afferent, to return multimodal somatosensory sensations of mechanoception, nociception, and thermoception using TENS, isimportant to improve the patient's use of the prosthesis.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Upper limb amputation;

Stable clinical condition;

Skin integrity of the stump;

Age between 18 and 65 years;

Disqualifiers

Clinical instability;

Dehiscence of the amputation wound;

Failure to complete the informed consent;

State of pregnancy;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Electromyography recording with HD-sEMG
  • Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group