An f-MRI study of an EMG Prosthetic Hand Biofeedback System

The need of biofeedback in Man-Machine interfaces is of vital importance for the development of subconscious control with external devices. In order to include external devices into the user’s body schema, we need to provide more information channels to the human body. In this case study we focus on a EMG controlled prosthetic system. We use electrical stimulation to translate pressure information into biofeedback for the human body. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging in order to measure the effectiveness of this system.

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