title: Using a virtual integration environment in treating phantom limb pain.
abstract: The Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 program conducted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has resulted in a Virtual Integration Environment (VIE) that provides a common development platform for researchers and clinicians that design, model and build prosthetic limbs and then integrate and test them with patients. One clinical need that arose during the VIE development was a feature to easily create and model animations that represent patient activities of daily living (ADLs) and simultaneously capture real-time surface EMG activity from the residual limb corresponding to the ADLs. An application of this feature is being made by the Walter Reed Military Amputee Research Program (MARP) where they are utilizing the VIE to investigate methods of reducing upper extremity amputee phantom limb pain (PLP).
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zeher
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Armiger
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Burck
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: Janid Blanco
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kiely
authors.forename: Sharon R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Weeks
authors.forename: Jack W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.forename: Paul F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Pasquina
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davoodi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Loeb
mesh_terms: D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D018511:Systems Integration; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface