Demonstration clips of new interface allowing bionic leg to fully respond to human nervous system
Demonstration clips of new interface allowing bionic leg to fully respond to human nervous system
Clips showing a neuroprosthetic interface that allows a bionic leg to be fully responsive to the human nervous system reported in a paper published in Nature Medicine.
The interface, comprising surgically constructed agonist-antagonist muscle pairs that restore natural proprioception (the ability to sense limb position and movement), resulted in improved walking control in a clinical trial involving 14 people with below-the-knee amputation.
These findings suggest that even partial reinstatement of neural signaling may be sufficient to enable clinically relevant improvements in neuroprosthetic functionality.
Credit: H. Song et al.
