SynthesisJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2022
Prosthetic embodiment: systematic review on definitions, measures, and experimental paradigms.
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- Artificial vibrotactile feedback elicits neural correlates of sense of agency.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Editorial: Virtual and robotic embodiment.Frontiers in neuroergonomics · 2026Article
- The socio-economic impact of robotic prosthetics: the Hannes hand case study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Haptic Feedback Systems for Lower-Limb Prosthetic Applications: A Review of System Design, User Experience, and Clinical Insights.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- How a lack of haptic feedback affects eye-hand coordination and embodiment in virtual reality.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- HANDSON Hand: Strategies and Approaches for Competitive Success at CYBATHLON 2024.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The German adaptation of the Amputee Body Image Scale and the importance of psychosocial adjustment to prosthesis use.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Pre-clinical development of a wireless neural interface system for osseointegrated prosthetic control in sheep.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Agency-preserving robotic assistance for grasp slip recovery in body-powered prostheses.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Article
- Somatosensory restoration and neural control strategies in lower-limb prostheses.npj biomedical innovations · 2025Review
- Sensory integration for neuroprostheses: from functional benefits to neural correlates.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2024Review
- Perspectives on the comparative benefits of body-powered and myoelectric upper limb prostheses.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Review
- Rewiring the evolution of the human hand: How the embodiment of a virtual bionic tool improves behavior.iScience · 2024Article
- Experimental evaluation of the impact of sEMG interfaces in enhancing embodiment of virtual myoelectric prostheses.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Shaping high-performance wearable robots for human motor and sensory reconstruction and enhancement.Nature communications · 2024Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The term embodiment has become omnipresent within prosthetics research and is often used as a metric of the progress made in prosthetic technologies, as well as a hallmark for user acceptance. However, despite the frequent use of the term, the concept of prosthetic embodiment is often left undefined or described incongruently, sometimes even within the same article. This terminological ambiguity complicates the comparison of studies using embodiment as a metric of success, which in turn hinders the advancement of prosthetics research. To resolve these terminological ambiguities, we systematically reviewed the used definitions of embodiment in the prosthetics literature. We performed a thematic analysis of the definitions and found that embodiment is often conceptualized in either of two frameworks based on body representations or experimental phenomenology. We concluded that treating prosthetic embodiment within an experimental phenomenological framework as the combination of ownership and agency allows for embodiment to be a quantifiable metric for use in translational research. To provide a common reference and guidance on how to best assess ownership and agency, we conducted a second systematic review, analyzing experiments and measures involving ownership and agency. Together, we highlight a pragmatic definition of prosthetic embodiment as the combination of ownership and agency, and in an accompanying article, we provide a perspective on a multi-dimensional framework for prosthetic embodiment. Here, we concluded by providing recommendations on metrics that allow for outcome comparisons between studies, thereby creating a common reference for further discussions within prosthetics research.
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