title: Tracking training evolution: patient with upper limb amputation above the elbow.
abstract: This article describes a patient training evolution to achieve myoelectric control in the remnant limb. The methodology is divided in two main stages: (i) the training procedure, where the patient is submitted to a protocol for educating the muscles of the remnant limb, and (ii) myoelectric signal acquisition and analysis, in order to measure the patient evolution to reach different contraction levels along the training sessions. After three training stages, the results suggest that the patient gradually achieved strength control over the muscles of the remnant limb.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leija
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vera
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D004576:Electromyography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted