Intensity discriminability of electrocutaneous and intraneural stimulation pulse frequency in intact individuals and amputees

JA George, MR Brinton, PC Colgan… - 2020 42nd Annual …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
JA George, MR Brinton, PC Colgan, GK Colvin, SJ Bensmaia, GA Clark
2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering …, 2020ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electrical stimulation of residual nerves can be used to provide amputees with intuitive
sensory feedback. An important aspect of this artificial sensory feedback is the ability to
convey the magnitude of tactile stimuli. Using classical psychophysical methods, we
quantified the just-noticeable differences for electrocutaneous stimulation pulse frequency in
both intact participants and one transradial amputee. For the transradial amputee, we also
quantified the just-noticeable difference of intraneural microstimulation pulse frequency via …
Electrical stimulation of residual nerves can be used to provide amputees with intuitive sensory feedback. An important aspect of this artificial sensory feedback is the ability to convey the magnitude of tactile stimuli. Using classical psychophysical methods, we quantified the just-noticeable differences for electrocutaneous stimulation pulse frequency in both intact participants and one transradial amputee. For the transradial amputee, we also quantified the just-noticeable difference of intraneural microstimulation pulse frequency via chronically implanted Utah Slanted Electrode Arrays. We demonstrate that intensity discrimination is similar across conditions: intraneural microstimulation of the residual nerves, electrocutaneous stimulation of the reinnervated skin on the residual limb, and electrocutaneous stimulation of intact hands. We also show that intensity discrimination performance is significantly better at lower pulse frequencies than at higher pulse frequencies - a finding that's unique to electrocutaneous and intraneural stimulation and suggests that supplemental sensory cues may be present at lower pulse frequencies. These results can help guide the implementation of artificial sensory feedback for sensorized bionic arms.Clinical Relevance- Intraneural and electrocutaneous artificial sensory feedback are comparable in their ability to convey the magnitude of tactile stimuli via pulse frequency.
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