Overcoming challenges and innovations in orthopedic prosthesis design: an interdisciplinary perspective

PG Kulkarni, N Paudel, S Magar, MF Santilli… - Biomedical Materials & …, 2024 - Springer
Recent advances in the orthopedic prostheses design have significantly improved the
quality of life for individuals with orthopedic disabilities. However, there are still critical …

Clinical Applications and Future Translation of Somatosensory Neuroprostheses

E Graczyk, B Hutchison, G Valle, D Bjanes… - Journal of …, 2024 - jneurosci.org
Somatosensory neuroprostheses restore, replace, or enhance tactile and proprioceptive
feedback for people with sensory impairments due to neurological disorders or injury …

Restoration of sensory feedback from the foot and reduction of phantom limb pain via closed-loop spinal cord stimulation

AC Nanivadekar, R Bose, BA Petersen… - Nature biomedical …, 2024 - nature.com
Restoring somatosensory feedback in individuals with lower-limb amputations would reduce
the risk of falls and alleviate phantom limb pain. Here we show, in three individuals with …

Continuous neural control of a bionic limb restores biomimetic gait after amputation

H Song, TH Hsieh, SH Yeon, T Shu, M Nawrot… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
For centuries scientists and technologists have sought artificial leg replacements that fully
capture the versatility of their intact biological counterparts. However, biological gait requires …

Plantar somatosensory restoration enhances gait, speed perception, and motor adaptation

D Kim, R Triolo, H Charkhkar - Science robotics, 2023 - science.org
Lower limb loss is a major insult to the body's nervous and musculoskeletal systems.
Despite technological advances in prosthesis design, artificial limbs are not yet integrated …

Sensory restoration for improved motor control of prostheses

LE Fisher, RA Gaunt, H Huang - Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
120 words) Somatosensory neuroprostheses are devices with the potential to restore the
senses of touch and movement from prosthetic limbs for people with limb amputation or …

A fully integrated sensor-brain–machine interface system for restoring somatosensation

X Liu, H Zhu, T Qiu, SY Sritharan, D Ge… - IEEE Sensors …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sensory feedback is critical to the performance of neural prostheses that restore movement
control after neurological injury. Recent advances in direct neural control of paralyzed arms …

A non-invasive wearable sensory leg neuroprosthesis: mechanical, electrical and functional validation

C Basla, L Chee, G Valle… - Journal of Neural …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Lower limb amputees suffer from a variety of functional deficits related to the
absence of sensory communication between the central nervous system and the lost …

Safety and efficacy of vibrotactile feedback for adults with transtibial amputation: A randomized controlled cross-over trial

H Penasso, G Peternell, R Schultheis, A Pitschl… - Clinical …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background Pain, social integration, and walking safely with divided attention challenge
people with lower-limb amputation. Tactile feedback systems aim to improve sensations and …

Improving postural stability among people with lower-limb amputations by tactile sensory substitution

L Chen, Y Feng, B Chen, Q Wang, K Wei - Journal of neuroengineering …, 2021 - Springer
Background For people with lower-limb amputations, wearing a prosthetic limb helps restore
their motor abilities for daily activities. However, the prosthesis's potential benefits are …