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Assimilation of virtual legs and perception of floor texture by complete paraplegic patients receiving artificial tactile feedback
Spinal cord injuries disrupt bidirectional communication between the patient’s brain and body. Here, we demonstrate a new approach for reproducing lower limb somatosensory feedback in paraplegics by remapping missing leg/foot tactile sensations onto the skin of patients’ forearms. A portable haptic...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027552/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27640345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep32293 |