Design and assessment of myoelectric games for prosthesis training of upper limb amputees

• Main Authors: MEERALAKSHMI RADHAKRISHNAN, SMAILAGIC, Asim, FRENCH, Brian, SIEWIOREK, Daniel P., BALAN, Rajesh Krishna
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Artificial limbs; Muscle; Ubiquitous computing; Design and evaluations; Functional performance; Muscle contractions; Myoelectric prosthesis; Simple games; Training tools; Upper limbs; User study; Myoelectrically controlled prosthetics; Health Information Technology; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4422; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5425/viewcontent/Myoelectric_Games_Prothesis_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this paper, we present the design and evaluation of our system, which provides an engaging game-based pre-prosthesis training environment for upper limb transradial amputees. We believe that patients who train using such a training tool will demonstrate significantly higher improvement in functio...