Clinical trials have shown that prosthetic hands that can detect some sensory feedback are being developed, but they haven’t yet reached clinical application. The complexity of a natural human hand makes sensory feedback in an upper-limb prosthetic device challenging. A team of researchers published a review outlining the nature of the problems and the engineering and surgical methods that are attempting to address it, including implantable electrodes and regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces, and case studies.
The open-access review, “Upper limb prostheses: bridging the sensory gap,” was published in the Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume).
