Control within a virtual environment is correlated to functional outcomes when using a physical prosthesis.
Journal:
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Published Date:
Sep 5, 2018
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Advances such as targeted muscle reinnervation and pattern recognition control may provide improved control of upper limb myoelectric prostheses, but evaluating user function remains challenging. Virtual environments are cost-effective and immersive tools that are increasingly used to provide practice and evaluate prosthesis control, but the relationship between virtual and physical outcomes-i.e., whether practice in a virtual environment translates to improved physical performance-is not understood.