High Cable Forces Deteriorate Pinch Force Control in Voluntary-Closing Body-Powered Prostheses.

It is generally asserted that reliable and intuitive control of upper-limb prostheses requires adequate feedback of prosthetic finger positions and pinch forces applied to objects. Body-powered prostheses (BPPs) provide the user with direct proprioceptive feedback. Currently available BPPs often req...

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Main Authors: Mona Hichert, David A Abbink, Peter J Kyberd, Dick H Plettenburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5242472?pdf=render