Background Significant advances have been made in developing new prosthetic
technologies with the goal of restoring function to persons that suffer partial or complete loss …

On-going developments in myoelectric prosthesis control have provided prosthesis users
with an assortment of control strategies that vary in reliability and performance. Many studies …

What happens once a cortical territory becomes functionally redundant? We studied
changes in brain function and behavior for the remaining hand in humans (male and female) …

Background. In healthy adults, hand movements are controlled largely by the contralateral
primary motor cortex. Following amputation, however, movements of the intact hand are …

Internal models allow unimpaired individuals to appropriately scale grip force when
grasping and lifting familiar objects. In prosthesis users, the internal model must adapt to the …

The 'embodied cognition'framework proposes that our motor repertoire shapes visual
perception and cognition. But recent studies showing normal visual body representation in …

The study of artificial arms provides a unique opportunity to address long-standing questions
on sensorimotor plasticity and development. Learning to use an artificial arm arguably …

There is an increasing need to extend the control possibilities of upper limb amputees over
their prosthetics, especially given the development of devices with numerous active joints …

Motor behaviour using upper-extremity prostheses of different levels is greatly variable,
leading to challenges interpreting ideal rehabilitation strategies. Elucidating the underlying …

The primate somatosensory neuraxis provides a highly translational model system with
which to investigate adult neural plasticity. Here, we report immunohistochemical staining …