Neuroma, Neural Interface, and Prosthetics

There are over 37 million people worldwide living with limb loss. In the United States alone, there are over 1.7 million people, with 185,000 new amputations each year. This is an incredible number of people who have sustained devastating loss of a limb, which can lead to chronic pain, inability to be gainfully employed, and even an inability to perform the simplest activities of daily living. For centuries, engineers, scientists, and physicians have attempted to improve quality of life and restore function following limb loss with a variety of static and dynamic prosthetic devices, novel interfaces, and creative surgical approaches.
Source: Hand Clinics - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research