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Project Number: | IK2RX003282-01A2 |
| Title: | Investigation of Embodiment for Upper Limb Amputees |
| Principal Investigator: | Jacob Segil |
| Location: | Denver, CO |
| Congressional District Code: | 6 |
| Research Service: | Rehabilitation R&D |
| Project Period: | November 2020 - October 2025 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $170,299 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$941,278 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Project Summary Today, prosthetic hands are numb. They provide no tactile or proprioceptive sensory information back to the user. The lack of sensory feedback has been shown to reduce the utility of a prosthesis by half. The prosthesis is seen as a tool, not as an incorporated part of the body schema. Only now are there chronically-implantable technologies which can provide physiologically appropriate sensory feedback to upper limb amputees to recreate tactile and proprioceptive percepts. These... |