Clinic Research
The Clinic team is involved in research projects to help improve the lives of amputee clients.
Current projects
Motion analysis
Looking at posture and body mechanics while lifting; looking at wrist motion (comparing prosthetic wrist to human wrists).
Outcome measures
Improving the methods we use to assess how well someone can use a prosthesis.
High-density EMG data collection
This can give us more information about how the muscles work. The data collected from amputees is used by researchers to improve control methods for using a prosthesis.
Pattern recognition
We are working on a new control system for operating a prosthesis, using all the muscles within a socket area.
Published Research
- Grasping the Future: Advances in Powered Upper Limb Prosthetics
- H. Daley, K. Englehart, L. Hargrove, U. Kuruganti, “High density electromyography data of normally limbed and transradial amputee subjects for multifunction prosthetic control”, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, vol. 22-3, pp. 478-484, 2012
- E. Scheme and K. Englehart, “EMG pattern recognition for the control of powered upper-limb prostheses: state of the art and challenges for clinical use”, Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, vol. 48, pp. 643-660, 2011.
