SmartHand tactile display: a new concept for providing sensory feedback in hand prostheses. 2010

Christian Antfolk, and Christian Balkenius, and Birgitta Rosén, and Göran Lundborg, and Fredrik Sebelius
Department of Electrical Measurements, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. christian.antfolk@elmat.lth.se

A major drawback with myoelectric prostheses is that they do not provide the user with sensory feedback. Using a new principle for sensory feedback, we did a series of experiments involving 11 healthy subjects. The skin on the volar aspect of the forearm was used as the target area for sensory input. Experiments included discrimination of site of stimuli and pressure levels at a single stimulation point. A tactile display based on digital servomotors with one actuating element for each of the five fingers was used as a stimulator on the forearm. The results show that the participants were able to discriminate between three fingers with an accuracy of 97%, between five fingers with an accuracy of 82%, and between five levels with an accuracy of 79%. The tactile display may prove a helpful tool in providing amputees with sensory feedback from a prosthetic hand by transferring tactile stimuli from the prosthetic hand to the skin at forearm level.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010812 Physical Stimulation Act of eliciting a response from a person or organism through physical contact. Stimulation, Physical,Physical Stimulations,Stimulations, Physical
D003626 Data Display The visual representation of data via a manufactured system. Information Display,Data Displays,Display, Data,Display, Information,Displays, Data,Displays, Information,Information Displays
D005260 Female Females
D006225 Hand The distal part of the arm beyond the wrist in humans and primates, that includes the palm, fingers, and thumb. Hands
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001186 Artificial Limbs Prosthetic replacements for arms, legs, and parts thereof. Arm Prosthesis,Arm, Artificial,Artificial Arm,Artificial Leg,Extremities, Artificial,Leg Prosthesis,Leg, Artificial,Limb Prosthesis,Limbs, Artificial,Arm Prostheses,Arms, Artificial,Artificial Arms,Artificial Extremities,Artificial Extremity,Artificial Legs,Artificial Limb,Extremity, Artificial,Leg Prostheses,Legs, Artificial,Limb Prostheses,Limb, Artificial,Prostheses, Arm,Prostheses, Leg,Prostheses, Limb,Prosthesis, Arm,Prosthesis, Leg,Prosthesis, Limb
D012682 Sensory Aids Devices and materials used to extend the functioning of the senses, most often including materials adapted for those having visual or hearing impairments and also includes materials that have been translated from one sensory mode to another. (ERIC https://eric.ed.gov/?qt Aid, Sensory,Aids, Sensory,Sensory Aid
D056228 Feedback, Sensory A mechanism of communicating one's own sensory system information about a task, movement or skill. Visual Feedback,Audio Feedback,Proprioceptive Feedback,Sensorimotor Feedback,Audio Feedbacks,Feedback, Audio,Feedback, Proprioceptive,Feedback, Sensorimotor,Feedback, Visual,Feedbacks, Audio,Feedbacks, Proprioceptive,Feedbacks, Sensorimotor,Feedbacks, Sensory,Feedbacks, Visual,Proprioceptive Feedbacks,Sensorimotor Feedbacks,Sensory Feedback,Sensory Feedbacks,Visual Feedbacks

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