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The current state of bionic limbs from the surgeon's viewpoint.
Review in EFORT open reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Keratin Additive for Cellular Adhesion in Transcutaneous Prosthetics.Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine · 2025Article
- The neurophysiology of sensorimotor prosthetic control.BMC biomedical engineering · 2024Review
- Wearable High Voltage Compliant Current Stimulator for Restoring Sensory Feedback.Micromachines · 2023Article
- The research landscape on vascularized composite allografts: a bibliometric analysis (2002-2021).American journal of translational research · 2023Article
- Do we react differently toward bionic devices vs. cochlear implants and wheelchairs? Possible links with personality traits.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
- The medical cyborg concept.EMBnet.journal · 2022Article
- Bionic Prostheses: The Emerging Alternative to Vascularised Composite Allotransplantation of the Limb.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Review
- Converging Robotic Technologies in Targeted Neural Rehabilitation: A Review of Emerging Solutions and Challenges.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Citizenship as the exception to the rule: an addendum.AI & society · 2021Article
- Salamanders: The molecular basis of tissue regeneration and its relevance to human disease.Current topics in developmental biology · 2021Review
- Let's fabricate ideas!Indian journal of urology : IJU : journal of the Urological Society of IndiaArticle
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Amputations have a devastating impact on patients' health with consequent psychological distress, economic loss, difficult reintegration into society, and often low embodiment of standard prosthetic replacement.The main characteristic of bionic limbs is that they establish an interface between the biological residuum and an electronic device, providing not only motor control of prosthesis but also sensitive feedback.Bionic limbs can be classified into three main groups, according to the type of the tissue interfaced: nerve-transferred muscle interfacing (targeted muscular reinnervation), direct muscle interfacing and direct nerve interfacing.Targeted muscular reinnervation (TMR) involves the transfer of the remaining nerves of the amputated stump to the available muscles.With direct muscle interfacing, direct intramuscular implants record muscular contractions which are then wirelessly captured through a coil integrated in the socket to actuate prosthesis movement.The third group is the direct interfacing of the residual nerves using implantable electrodes that enable reception of electric signals from the prosthetic sensors. This can improve sensation in the phantom limb.The surgical procedure for electrode implantation consists of targeting the proximal nerve area, competently introducing, placing, and fixing the electrodes and cables, while retaining movement of the arm/leg and nerve, and avoiding excessive neural damage.Advantages of bionic limbs are: the improvement of sensation, improved reintegration/embodiment of the artificial limb, and better controllability. Cite this article:
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