Phantom somatosensory evoked potentials following selective intraneural electrical stimulation in two amputees |
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Authors: | Giuseppe Granata Riccardo Di Iorio Roberto Romanello Francesco Iodice Stanisa Raspopovic Francesco Petrini Ivo Strauss Giacomo Valle Thomas Stieglitz Paul Čvančara David Andreu Jean-Louis Divoux David Guiraud Loic Wauters Arthur Hiairrassary Winnie Jensen Silvestro Micera Paolo Maria Rossini |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Neurology, Catholic University of The Sacred Heart, Roma, Italy;2. Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland;3. The Biorobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant''Anna, Pisa, Italy;4. Laboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering–IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Freiburg D-79110, Germany;5. INRIA Camin Team, University of Montpellier, France;6. AXONIC/Groupe MXM, France;7. Aalborg University, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Dept. Health Science and Technology, Denmark;8. Brain Connectivity Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Roma, Italy |
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Abstract: | ObjectiveThe aim of the paper is to objectively demonstrate that amputees implanted with intraneural interfaces are truly able to feel a sensation in the phantom hand by recording “phantom” somatosensory evoked potentials from the corresponding brain areas.MethodsWe implanted four transverse intrafascicular multichannel electrodes, available with percutaneous connections to a multichannel electrical stimulator, in the median and ulnar nerves of two left trans-radial amputees. Two channels of the implants that were able to elicit sensations during intraneural nerve stimulation were chosen, in both patients, for recording somatosensory evoked potentials.ResultsWe recorded reproducible evoked responses by stimulating the median and the ulnar nerves in both cases. Latencies were in accordance with the arrival of somatosensory information to the primary somatosensory cortex.ConclusionOur results provide evidence that sensations generated by intraneural stimulation are truly perceived by amputees and located in the phantom hand. Moreover, our results strongly suggest that sensations perceived in different parts of the phantom hand result in different evoked responses.SignificanceSomatosensory evoked potentials obtained by selective intraneural electrical stimulation in amputee patients are a useful tool to provide an objective demonstration of somatosensory feedback in new generation bidirectional prostheses. |
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Keywords: | Phantom hand Neural interface Somatosensory evoked potentials Robotic hand prosthesis Somatosensory feedback |
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