Control of Prosthetic Hands via the Peripheral Nervous System.
This paper intends to provide a critical review of the literature on the technological issues on control and sensorization of hand prostheses interfacing with the Peripheral Nervous System (i.e., PNS), and their experimental validation on amputees. The study opens with an in-depth analysis of control solutions and sensorization features of research and commercially available prosthetic hands. Pros and cons of adopted technologies, signal processing techniques and motion control solutions are investigated. Special emphasis is then dedicated to the recent studies on the restoration of tactile perception in amputees through neural interfaces. The paper finally proposes a number of suggestions for designing the prosthetic system able to re-establish a bidirectional communication with the PNS and foster the prosthesis natural control.
Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Department of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Roma, Italy.
Anna Lisa
AL
Ciancio
Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Department of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Roma, Italy.
Francesca
F
Cordella
Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Department of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Roma, Italy.
Roberto
R
Barone
Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Department of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Roma, Italy.
Rocco Antonio
RA
Romeo
Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Department of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Roma, Italy.
Alberto Dellacasa
AD
Bellingegni
INAIL Centro Protesi Vigorso di Budrio, Italy.
Rinaldo
R
Sacchetti
INAIL Centro Protesi Vigorso di Budrio, Italy.
Angelo
A
Davalli
Institute of Neurology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Roma, Italy.
Giovanni
G
Di Pino
Institute of Neurology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Roma, Italy.
Federico
F
Ranieri
Institute of Neurology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Roma, Italy.
Vincenzo
V
Di Lazzaro
Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Department of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Roma, Italy.
Eugenio
E
Guglielmelli
Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Department of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Roma, Italy.
Loredana
L
Zollo
PNS-based prosthetic hand; grasping; manipulation; motion control; sensory feedback