This is a European project that it will develop an innovative robotic hand prosthesis, whose movements can be controlled in a natural and intuitive way. The project will be financed with 1.5 million euros by the European Research Council (ERC), through the "ERC Starting Grant 2015" program, one of the most competitive globally. According to current approaches (even the most technologically advanced or still under development) the control of the movements of the prosthetic hand occurs on the decoding of the electrical potentials, transmitted by the brain and captured by the peripheral neuromuscular system, through electrodes. The project has the ambition of wanting to overcome the limits of these techniques, through the development of an interface based on magnetic markers implantable in the muscles, capable of monitoring the elongation (lengthening) of the residual muscles, as happens naturally when performing a task motor (action), for example grabbing a bottle. With this information MYKI wants to control the movements of a robotic hand in a natural and intuitive way. In terms of potential, magnetic markers could also be used to provide a sensory feedback to the person wearing the robotic prosthesis, when it interacts with the environment, just as happens in the natural hand.
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Pick and Lift Test (PLT)
Timeframe: Six weeks.
Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure (SHAP)
Timeframe: Six weeks.
Minnesota Manual Dexterity Test (MMDT)
Timeframe: Six weeks.
Clothespin Relocation Test (CRT)
Timeframe: Six weeks.
Video recording in activities of the daily living (REC-ADL)
Timeframe: Six weeks.
Psychophysical test to understand the effect of vibration features on the elicited illusion of movement (VIB -FEATURES)
Timeframe: Six weeks.
Embodiment test - Rubber Hand Test (RHT)
Timeframe: Six weeks.
Questionnaire for Phantom Limb (PLP)
Timeframe: Six weeks.
Ultrasound Imaging (US)
Timeframe: Six weeks.