Longitudinal case study of regression-based hand prosthesis control in daily life
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Author(s)
Hahne, Janne M
Wilke, Meike A
Koppe, Mario
Farina, Dario
Schilling, Arndt F
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Hand prostheses are usually controlled by electromyographic (EMG) signals from the remnant muscles of the residual limb. Most prostheses used today are controlled with very simple techniques using only two EMG electrodes that allow to control a single prosthetic function at a time only. Recently, modern prosthesis controllers based on EMG classification, have become clinically available, which allow to directly access more functions, but still in a sequential manner only. We have recently shown in laboratory tests that a regression-based mapping from EMG signals into prosthetic control commands allows for a simultaneous activation of two functions and an independent control of their velocities with high reliability. Here we aimed to study how such regression-based control performs in daily life in a two-month case study. The performance is evaluated in functional tests and with a questionnaire at the beginning and the end of this phase and compared with the participant’s own prosthesis, controlled with a classical approach. Already 1 day after training of the regression model, the participant with transradial amputation outperformed the performance achieved with his own Michelangelo hand in two out of three functional metrics. No retraining of the model was required during the entire study duration. During the use of the system at home, the performance improved further and outperformed the conventional control in all three metrics. This study demonstrates that the high fidelity of linear regression-based prosthesis control is not restricted to a laboratory environment, but can be transferred to daily use.
Date Issued
2020-06
Date Acceptance
2020-05-15
Citation
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020, 14, pp.1-8
ISSN
1662-453X
Publisher
Frontiers Media
Start Page
1
End Page
8
Journal / Book Title
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Volume
14
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Hahne, Wilke, Koppe, Farina and Schilling. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Commission of the European Communities
Identifier
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2020.00600/full
Grant Number
810346
Subjects
1109 Neurosciences
1701 Psychology
1702 Cognitive Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
600
Date Publish Online
2020-06-17