The Hand and the Brain
From Lucy's Thumb to the Thought-Controlled Robotic Hand
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Open AccessImproving hand sensibility in vibration induced neuropathy: A case-series
We report a long-term series of nine workers suffering from vibration-induced neuropathy, after many years of exposure to hand-held vibrating tools at high or low frequency. They were treated with temporary se...
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Open AccessDesign and technical construction of a tactile display for sensory feedback in a hand prosthesis system
The users of today's commercial prosthetic hands are not given any conscious sensory feedback. To overcome this deficiency in prosthetic hands we have recently proposed a sensory feedback system utilising a "t...
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Open AccessPrinciples of brain plasticity in improving sensorimotor function of the knee and leg in healthy subjects: A double-blind randomized exploratory trial
Principles of brain plasticity is used in the treatment of patients with functional limitations to improve sensorimotor function. Training is included in the treatment of knee injury to improve both patient-re...
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Regeneration: Clinical Aspects
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The Sensor Glove in Preoperative Conditioning and Postoperative Rehabilitation
Hand transplantation represents a unique situation from the biological, clinical, psychological and cognitive point of view. The transplanted hand has to be accepted by the recipient, and the recipient’s nerve...
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From Silent Neuroma to Reactivation of Axonal Growth: How a Peripheral Nerve can Start to Regenerate into a Transplanted Hand?
Neuronal injury with subsequent axonal outgrowth following transection and repair of a nerve trunk puts great demand on the neuron, thereby representing a situation of enormous complexity [1]. Transection of a pe...
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Open AccessFingersomatotopy in area 3b: an fMRI-study
The primary sensory cortex (S1) in the postcentral gyrus is comprised of four areas that each contain a body map, where the representation of the hand is located with the thumb most laterally, anteriorly and i...
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Pathophysiology of Nerve Entrapments and Nerve Compression Injuries
Compression of peripheral nerves may induce various symptoms such as sensory disturbances, motor weakness and pain. For example, these symptoms are associated with trauma to limbs and nerve entrapments. The de...
