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View article: Successful transfer of myoelectric skill from virtual interface to prosthesis control
Successful transfer of myoelectric skill from virtual interface to prosthesis control Open
Objective. Prosthesis control can be seen as a new skill to be learned. To enhance learning, both internal and augmented feedback are exploited. The latter represents external feedback sources that can be designed to enhance learning, e.g.…
View article: Successful transfer of myoelectric skill from virtual interface to prosthesis control
Successful transfer of myoelectric skill from virtual interface to prosthesis control Open
Objective Prosthesis control can be seen as a new skill to be learned. To enhance learning, both internal and augmented feedback are exploited. The latter represents external feedback sources that can be designed to enhance learning, e.g. …
View article: Medium density EMG armband for gesture recognition
Medium density EMG armband for gesture recognition Open
Electromyography (EMG) systems are essential for the advancement of neuroprosthetics and human-machine interfaces. However, the gap between low-density and high-density systems poses challenges to researchers in experiment design and knowl…
View article: Replication of clinical prosthetic sockets for research purposes
Replication of clinical prosthetic sockets for research purposes Open
For research in the field of prosthetics to be representative of clinical realities, studies require inclusion of clinical standard prosthetic sockets. This necessitates involvement of a prosthetist (clinical professional) in any study, wh…
View article: Youth mental health care use during COVID-19: Evidence from administrative data in Alberta, Canada
Youth mental health care use during COVID-19: Evidence from administrative data in Alberta, Canada Open
Background The COVID-19 pandemic affected health care service delivery and accessibility. Our study examined how Canadian youth used mental health services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether youth access and use patterns …
View article: Digital Sensing Systems for Electromyography
Digital Sensing Systems for Electromyography Open
Surface electromyogram (EMG) signals find diverse applications in movement rehabilitation and human-computer interfacing. For instance, future advanced prostheses, which use artificial intelligence, will require EMG signals recorded from s…
View article: Evidencing the effectiveness of upper limb prostheses: a multi-stakeholder perspective on study requirements
Evidencing the effectiveness of upper limb prostheses: a multi-stakeholder perspective on study requirements Open
The provision of upper limb prosthetic devices through the National Health Services (NHS) within the United Kingdom is driven by national policies. NHS England have recently published a new policy to provide multi-grip myoelectric hands. T…
View article: Reducing Motor Variability Enhances Myoelectric Control Robustness Across Untrained Limb Positions
Reducing Motor Variability Enhances Myoelectric Control Robustness Across Untrained Limb Positions Open
The limb position effect is a multi-faceted problem, associated with decreased upper-limb prosthesis control acuity following a change in arm position. Factors contributing to this problem can arise from distinct environmental or physiolog…
View article: Reducing Motor Variability Enhances Myoelectric Control Robustness Across Limb Positions
Reducing Motor Variability Enhances Myoelectric Control Robustness Across Limb Positions Open
Background The limb position effect is a multi-faceted problem, associated with decreased upper-limb prosthesis control acuity following a change in arm position. The many factors contributing to this problem can arise from distinct enviro…
View article: Delaying feedback during pre-device training facilitates the retention of novel myoelectric skills: a laboratory and home-based study
Delaying feedback during pre-device training facilitates the retention of novel myoelectric skills: a laboratory and home-based study Open
Objective. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of delayed feedback training on the retention of novel myoelectric skills, and to demonstrate the use of this training approach in the home environment. Approach. We trained l…
View article: The Contribution of Complicity
The Contribution of Complicity Open
Complicity provides a perfect place from which to take steps towards a doctrinally clear and coherent criminal law. In particular, by acknowledging in the complex mass of cases a requirement that the accomplice contribute to the principal'…
View article: DOES TRANS-RADIAL LONGITUDINAL COMPRESSION INFLUENCE MYOELECTRIC CONTROL?
DOES TRANS-RADIAL LONGITUDINAL COMPRESSION INFLUENCE MYOELECTRIC CONTROL? Open
BACKGROUND: Existing trans-radial prosthetic socket designs are not optimised to facilitate reliable myoelectric control. Many socket designs pre-date the introduction of myoelectric devices. However, socket designs featuring improved biom…
View article: Internet of Things for beyond-the-laboratory prosthetics research
Internet of Things for beyond-the-laboratory prosthetics research Open
Research on upper-limb prostheses is typically laboratory-based. Evidence indicates that research has not yet led to prostheses that meet user needs. Inefficient communication loops between users, clinicians and manufacturers limit the amo…
View article: Towards User-Centred Prosthetics Research Beyond the Laboratory
Towards User-Centred Prosthetics Research Beyond the Laboratory Open
The purpose of this study was to explore a range of perspectives on how academic research and clinical assessment of upper-limb prosthetics could happen in environments outside of laboratories and clinics, such as within peoples’ homes. Tw…
View article: Increasing Voluntary Myoelectric Training Time Through Game Design
Increasing Voluntary Myoelectric Training Time Through Game Design Open
In virtual prosthetic training research, serious games have been investigated for over 30 years. However, few game design elements are used and assessed for their effect on the voluntary adherence and repetition of the performed task. We c…
View article: Data for 'IoT for beyond-the-laboratory prosthetics research'
Data for 'IoT for beyond-the-laboratory prosthetics research' Open
The original data for the pick and place experiment and the MATLAB script to plot the data
View article: Remote creation of clinical-standard myoelectric trans-radial bypass sockets during COVID-19
Remote creation of clinical-standard myoelectric trans-radial bypass sockets during COVID-19 Open
To enable the progression of research during the COVID-19 lockdown, a novel remote method of creating clinical standard trans-radial bypass sockets was devised as a collaboration between an engineering team and a clinical research group. T…
View article: Serious Games Are Not Serious Enough for Myoelectric Prosthetics
Serious Games Are Not Serious Enough for Myoelectric Prosthetics Open
Serious games show a lot of potential for use in movement rehabilitation (eg, after a stroke, injury to the spinal cord, or limb loss). However, the nature of this research leads to diversity both in the background of the researchers and i…
View article: Co-creation and User Perspectives for Upper Limb Prosthetics
Co-creation and User Perspectives for Upper Limb Prosthetics Open
People who either use an upper limb prosthesis and/or have used services provided by a prosthetic rehabilitation centre, experience limitations of currently available prosthetic devices. Collaboration between academia and a broad range of …
View article: Co-Creation Facilitates Translational Research on Upper Limb Prosthetics
Co-Creation Facilitates Translational Research on Upper Limb Prosthetics Open
People who either use an upper limb prosthesis and/or have used services provided by a prosthetic rehabilitation centre, hereafter called users, are yet to benefit from the fast-paced growth in academic knowledge within the field of upper …
View article: Serious Games Are Not Serious Enough for Myoelectric Prosthetics (Preprint)
Serious Games Are Not Serious Enough for Myoelectric Prosthetics (Preprint) Open
UNSTRUCTURED Serious games show a lot of potential for use in movement rehabilitation (eg, after a stroke, injury to the spinal cord, or limb loss). However, the nature of this research leads to diversity both in the background of the res…
View article: Arduino-Based Myoelectric Control: Towards Longitudinal Study of Prosthesis Use
Arduino-Based Myoelectric Control: Towards Longitudinal Study of Prosthesis Use Open
Understanding how upper-limb prostheses are used in daily life helps to improve the design and robustness of prosthesis control algorithms and prosthetic components. However, only a very small fraction of published research includes prosth…
View article: 3D-Printing and Upper-Limb Prosthetic Sockets: Promises and Pitfalls
3D-Printing and Upper-Limb Prosthetic Sockets: Promises and Pitfalls Open
Modernising the way upper-limb prosthetic sockets are made has seen limited progress. The casting techniques that are employed in clinics today resemble those developed over 50 years ago and there is still a heavy reliance on manual labour…
View article: Child prosthetics – a perspective
Child prosthetics – a perspective Open
This chapter summarises conversations between researchers working in healthcare and academia linked through membership of the Starworks Network, a UK National Institute for Health Research initiative to accelerate the translation of child …
View article: Perception of Game-Based Rehabilitation in Upper Limb Prosthetic Training: Survey of Users and Researchers
Perception of Game-Based Rehabilitation in Upper Limb Prosthetic Training: Survey of Users and Researchers Open
Background Serious games have been investigated for their use in multiple forms of rehabilitation for decades. The rising trend to use games for physical fitness in more recent years has also provided more options and garnered more interes…
View article: 3D-Printing and upper-limb prosthetic sockets; promises and pitfalls
3D-Printing and upper-limb prosthetic sockets; promises and pitfalls Open
Modernising the way upper-limb prosthetic sockets are made has seen limited progress. The casting techniques that are employed in clinics today resemble those developed over 50 years ago and there is still a heavy reliance on manual labour…
View article: Perception of game-based rehabilitation in upper-limb prosthetic training: a survey of users and researchers
Perception of game-based rehabilitation in upper-limb prosthetic training: a survey of users and researchers Open
Background Serious games have been investigated for their use in multiple forms of rehabilitation for decades. The rising trend to use games for physical fitness in more recent years has also provided more options and garnered more interes…
View article: Perception of Game-Based Rehabilitation in Upper Limb Prosthetic Training: Survey of Users and Researchers (Preprint)
Perception of Game-Based Rehabilitation in Upper Limb Prosthetic Training: Survey of Users and Researchers (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Serious games have been investigated for their use in multiple forms of rehabilitation for decades. The rising trend to use games for physical fitness in more recent years has also provided more options and garnered more intere…
View article: A HOME-BASED MYOELECTRIC TRAINING SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN
A HOME-BASED MYOELECTRIC TRAINING SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN Open
We present progress from an ongoing project which aims to develop a low cost home-use myoelectric training system for children. The training system is based on a first person game design within which children control a virtual limb and ter…
View article: Learning, Generalization, and Scalability of Abstract Myoelectric Control
Learning, Generalization, and Scalability of Abstract Myoelectric Control Open
Motor learning-based methods offer an alternative paradigm to machine learning-based methods for controlling upper-limb prosthetics. Within this paradigm, the patterns of muscular activity used for control can differ from those which contr…