Surgical and non-surgical prosthetic hands control: a review

• Main Authors: Mohd Zaini, Mohd Hanif, Ahmad, Siti Anom
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48090/1/Surgical%20and%20non-surgical%20prosthetic%20hands%20control%20a%20review.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48090/

This paper concerns on the review between the surgical and non-surgical method of active control of a prosthetic hand. For active prosthetic hand, there are two standard methods for signal extraction namely surgical and non-surgical. Active prosthetic hands which are based on Surface Electromyography (sEMG) and Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) are selected for a comparison between non-surgical and surgical type respectively. We made a review on the characteristics and procedures of the surgical and non-surgical prosthetic hand technique. The compatibility of the surgical and non-surgical method to the type of upper extremity amputations also discussed to propose a guide and baseline for the future design consideration for our future prosthetic hand design.