New type of surgery can help amputees better control their residual muscles
MIT researchers have invented a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees to better control their residual muscles and sense where their phantom limb is in space. This restored sense of proprioception should translate to better control of prosthetic limbs, as well as a reduction of limb pain, the researchers say.
In most amputations, muscle pairs that control the affected joints, such as elbows or ankles, are severed. However, the MIT team has found that reconnecting these muscle pairs, allowing them to retain their normal push-pull relationship, offers people much better sensory feedback.
New surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbs
February 16, 2021MIT
MIT researchers have invented a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees to better control their residual muscles and sense where their “phantom limb” is in space. This restored sense of proprioception should translate to better control of prosthetic limbs, as well as a reduction of limb pain, the researchers say.
In most amputations, muscle pairs that control the affected joints, such as elbows or ankles, are severed. However, the MIT team has found that reconnecting these muscle pairs, allowing them to retain their normal push-pull relationship, offers people much better sensory feedback.
16 February 2021, 1:00 pm EST By Researchers from MIT discovered that a new surgery can help the amputated persons to have a better control of their prosthetic limbs. ( Screenshot from YouTube/Forces News )
A new study revealed that a new amputation surgery will aid the amputees to utilize their phantom limb better with less pain. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found out that the results indicated a much better response from the patients.
New Amputation Surgery Lets Amputees To Have More Control But Lesser Pain
Researchers from MIT reported that when muscle pairs are reconnected, it permits retention of them which in return enables the amputees to have a better grasp of the prosthetic limbs.
MIT researchers in collaboration with surgeons at Harvard Medical School have devised a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees better control their residual muscles and receive sensory feedback. This restored sense of proprioception should translate to better control of prosthetic limbs, as well as reduction of limb pain, the researchers say.