ÖSSUR TECHNOLOGIES FEATURED IN NATURE MEDICINE ARTICLE REPORTING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON AMPUTEES “FEELING” THEIR PROSTHETIC FOOT AND KNEE
- Proof of concept research holds promise for the future –REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Sept. 11, 2019 -- An article published in the journal Nature Medicine reports that two above knee lower-limb amputees who had intraneural electrodes implanted in their thighs and wore Össur prosthetic componentry are the first in the world to “feel” their prosthetic foot and knee in real-time.
In the article, “Sensory Feedback Restoration in Leg Amputees Improves Walking Speed, Metabolic Cost And Phantom Pain ,” an international team of researchers present the