Somatosensory restoration and neural control strategies in lower-limb prostheses
People with lower-limb amputation cannot directly control or receive feedback from existing prostheses, but emerging technologies aim to address this gap. Some approaches focus on restoring somatosensation in the missing limb, while others record signals from residual muscles for prosthetic control. This review provides an overview of the current state of neuroprosthetics for somatosensory restoration and prosthetic control in lower-limb amputation, offering perspectives on integrating these technologies for bidirectional neuroprostheses.
Authors
- Lee E. Fisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9072-3119)
- He Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5581-1423)
- Brendan Driscoll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0508-1858)
- Dulce M. Mariscal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2487-3757)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- North Carolina State University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (US)
- UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (US)
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Biomedical Innovations.
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44385-025-00050-w
- Primary Topic
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- National Institutes of Health