Functional Electronic Stimulation of Muscles - Development of a Model for Sensory Feedback to Amputees and Vision for the Blind

神经纤维电刺激是一种新兴的生理技术，在康复方面有很大的前景。该领域缺乏详细的、集中的刺激应用技术，以招募特定的纤维来控制精细肌肉或传递有用的神经感觉信息。研究人员开发了一种微技术，可以将刺激传递到100个部位，可以想象，这有助于在给定的束中招募特定的纤维。肌肉刺激的效果很容易测量，应使用可以模拟和改进通用高分辨率纤维招募技术。其益处包括，通过功能性电刺激改善肌肉控制，通过视神经刺激改善截肢者的感觉知觉和模式视觉。

Electrical stimulation of nerve fibres is an emerging physiological technique with great promise towards rehabilitation. The field lacks techniques for detailed, focal application of stimuli to recruit specific fibres for fine muscle control or conveying useful neurosensory information. The investigator has developed microtechnology for delivering stimuli to 100 sites, conceivably facilitating recruitment of specific fibres within a given bundle. Effects of muscle stimulation are readily measured and shall be used to model and refine techniques for generic high-resolution fibre recruitment. Benefits include, improved muscle control in functional electrical stimulation, sensory perception for amputees and patterned vision from optic nerve stimulation.