Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 605-615 , July 2004

Residual function in peripheral nerve stumps of amputees: implications for neural control of artificial limbs1

  • Gurpreet S Dhillon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    • ,
  • Stephen M Lawrence, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    • ,
  • Douglas T Hutchinson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    • ,
  • Kenneth W Horch, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ken Horch, PhD, Department of Bioengineering, 50 S. Central Campus Dr, Room 2480, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA

Received 20 August 2003 ,Accepted 2 February 2004.

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☆ Supported by a grant from the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0363-5023(04)00203-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2004.02.006

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 605-615 , July 2004

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